Download PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... We describe herein a highly diastereoselective total synthesis of racemic sitophilate, based on the results obtained in a diastereoselective heterogeneous catalytic hydrogenation reaction of a set of Baylis–Hillman adducts originating from aliphatic aldehydes. ... We describe herein a ...