title: 4'-Octyloxybiphenyl-4-carbonitrile polymorph III.
abstract: The title compound, C21H25NO, is a member of a well known family of liquid crystals (4-oxy-4'-cyanobiphenyls, OCBs) and packs in lamellar-type bilayers in the solid state, through CN...H hydrogen bonds. This packing type is analogous to that found of other members of the n-OCB homologous series, viz. 7-OCB and 9-OCB.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, England.
authors.forename: Roger J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Davey
authors.forename: Amy L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Gillon
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Quayle
authors.forename: Omar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Rashad