(−)-Subersic acid was isolated from the sponge Suberea sp. by Crews and co-worker. 1 The natural product was an inhibitor of human 15-lipoxygenase, assay that has been employed to discover new marine-sponge derived bioactive compounds. The availability of inhibitors could provide biomolecules that are useful as pharmacological agents. ... Recently Mori and co-workers 2 reported the synthesis and absolute configuration of (−)-subersic acid. The acid 1 was ...