Alcohols can be selectively dehydrogenated to give aldehydes. This in employed in the industrial production of butanone and is important in the production of certain aroma compounds.

Oxidative dehydrogenation

Relative to thermal cracking of alkanes, oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) is of interest for two reasons: (1) undesired reactions take place at high temperature leading to coking and catalyst deactivation, making frequent regeneration of the

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