Abstract The catalytic oxidative dehydrogenation of propane (ODHP) is a challenging reaction due to facile competing overoxidation CO x . gaseous disulfur molecule, S 2 , isoelectronic with O and has been shown act as an alternative, “soft oxidant” for the analogous process (SODHP) over bulk metal sulfide catalysts. However, these catalysts suffer from low surface areas ill‐defined active sites...

Non-classical alternatives to the silver contact and Formox processes comprise thermal non-oxidative dehydrogenation of methanol, for which new catalysts are needed achieve high formaldehyde selectivity at conversion temperatures below 600 °C. The electro- or photocatalytic methanol is not applied either industrially but attractive because mild reaction conditions selectivities. Novel gas-phase...

The oxidative dehydrogenation of N-heterocyclic compounds by using H2O2 as oxidant in combination with polar solvents such 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) and H2O is described. Among these two solvents, the best yields for heteroaromatic were generally achieved HFIP. However, it remarkable, that use a non toxic solvent gave good yields. Furthermore, procedure was implemented larger-sca...

6-Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase from Candida utilis catalyzes the oxidative decarboxylation of 2-deoxy-6-phosphogluconate. The 3-keto-2-deoxy-6-phosphogluconate, an intermediate of the reaction, is reduced to 2-deoxy-6-phosphogluconate and decarboxylated to I-deoxyribulose 5-phosphate when incubated with the enzyme and TPNH. The decarboxylation process does not occur in the absence of the redu...

The mechanistic connections among propane oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) rates, H2 reduction rates, and the electronic transitions responsible for the absorption edge in the electronic spectra of dispersed metal oxides were explored for VOx, MoOx, WOx, and NbOx samples consisting predominately of two-dimensional oxide domains supported on Al2O3, ZrO2, and MgO. For a given active oxide, propane...