public static void Main()
const string input = "CN=someName,OU=someGroup,OU=groups,DC=some,DC=domain,DC=com";
const string start = "CN=";
int startIndex = input.IndexOf(start, 0);
int stopIndex = input.IndexOf(stop, startIndex);
var extracted = input.Substring(startIndex + start.Length, stopIndex - startIndex - start.Length);
Console.WriteLine(extracted);