The molecule begins with an imine carbon (C-1).  
- C-1 is double-bonded to a nitrogen atom. 
- C-1 also bears a negatively charged oxygen substituent. 
- In addition, C-1 is single-bonded to the first carbon of a straight, unbranched 10-carbon chain. This chain terminates in a terminal alkene (-CH=CH2).

From the nitrogen of the C= N double bond, there is a single substituent: a 2-hydroxyethyl group. This means the nitrogen is bonded to a two-carbon chain (-CH2-CH2-) with a hydroxyl group (-OH) located on the terminal carbon.