Step 1: Ibuprofen is a propanoic acid chain attached at C2 to a para-isobutylphenyl ring.
Step 2: The aryl substituent sits on C2 of propanoic acid.
Step 3: Ibuprofen has a free -COOH, not an anhydride.
\[\boxed{(A)\ 2\text{-}(4\text{-isobutylphenyl})propanoic\ acid}\]