The invention relates to a method for synthesizing (3aS, 6aR)-5-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-2-oxooctahydropyrrolo[3, 4-b]pyrrole-3a-carboxylic acid, and mainly solves a technical problem of absence of a method suitable for industrial synthesis at present. The method provided by the invention comprises the following four steps: step one, dissolving a compound 1, ethyl bromoacetate and tetrabutylammoniumfluoride in tetrahydrofuran to obtain a compound 2; step two, dissolving the compound 2, hydroxylamine hydrochloride and sodium bicarbonate in a mixed solvent of tetrahydrofuran and ethanol to obtaina compound 3; step three, adding the compound 3, Raney nickel and ammonia water into ethanol, filtering and spin-drying to obtain a compound 4 after finishing reaction; and step four, adding the compound 4 and sodium ethoxide into ethanol, performing reflux reaction to obtain a white solid compound 5, namely, (3aS, 6aR)-5-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-2-oxooctahydropyrrolo[3, 4-b]pyrrole-3a-carboxylic acid.