A concise and straightforward 14-step total synthesis of (+/-)-salinosporamide A, based on a diastereoselective acid-catalysed intramolecular cyclisation of to the pyrrolidinone , and a regioselective reduction of the malonate derivative 8b to the aldehyde 9, is described.
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Mulholland et al. (2006) studied this question.