Two page report on NAPROXEN...found all information but the following...

[Kelvin M]

I found all the other information I need but I cannot find:

-Physical Properites (odour, lustre, taste, hardness, malleability, ductility, melting & boiling point, crystal form, solubility, viscosity, density)

-Who discovered it & when it was first historically used

-Where it occurs in Nature (if applicable) IF NOT, where does it come from?

-How it is manufacture or isolated from nature.

[tinmuning]

Some were not applicable to naproxen, hence you can't get all the information you need. With regards to physical properties, here's what I've got:
melting point: 157 - 158 C
solubility in water: practically insoluble at low pH and soluble at high pH; insoluble in cold water
odour: practically odorless

Regarding discovery, nothing much was written except that it was first marketed as Naprosyn in 1976. Some books mentioned that it was Syntex Co. which first prepared naproxen during the 1970s.