The core is a benzene ring. From one carbon of the benzene, a side chain extends.
  - The side chain begins with a methylene group (-CH2-) directly attached to the ring.
  - This methylene is bonded to a secondary amine nitrogen (-NH-).
  - The nitrogen connects to a straight four-carbon saturated chain.

On this four-carbon chain:
  - The first carbon (the one attached to the nitrogen) carries a carboxylic acid group (-COOH).
  - The third carbon of the chain bears an additional methylene substituent (-CH2-), and that methylene terminates in a trifluoromethyl group (-CF3).