The molecule is based on a saturated six-membered cyclohexane ring. Two adjacent carbons in the ring are stereogenic:

- One stereocenter is S-configured and carries a carboxylic acid group.
- The adjacent stereocenter is R-configured and carries a side chain described as follows:
  - The chain begins with a carbon, which is directly attached to the cyclohexane. This carbon bears a hydroxyl group and is double-bonded to an imino nitrogen. The double bond is present but has no E/Z stereochemistry specified.
  - The imino nitrogen is further single-bonded to a methylene group (-CH2-).
  - This methylene is bonded to a pyrazole ring, a five-membered aromatic ring containing two adjacent nitrogens. One of these nitrogens bears a methyl substituent. The point of attachment to the pyrazole is at a carbon that is meta to the methyl-bearing nitrogen and ortho to the other ring nitrogen.