The molecule has a cyclohexane core, fully saturated, with two adjacent chiral centers.

- The first chiral center is S-configured and bears a carboxylic acid group (-COOH).
- The second chiral center is R-configured and is bonded directly to a carbon atom that carries a hydroxy group (-OH) and is double-bonded to a nitrogen atom (-C(OH)=N-).

This nitrogen is further extended into a pyrazole ring via a methylene bridge (-CH2-). The pyrazole is a five-membered aromatic ring with two adjacent nitrogens. If numbered with the N-H nitrogen as position 1 and the adjacent nitrogen as position 2, then the attachment point is at position 3. The N1 nitrogen is substituted with a methyl group (-CH3).