| 摘要 |
The invention is a method of dehydrogenating a hydrocarbon, especially an alkane, to form an unsaturated compound, especially an alkene, by contacting the alkane with a catalyst comprising a form of carbon which is catalytically active for the dehydrogenation reaction. The catalyst may be formed by passing a hydrocarbon over a catalyst precursor at an elevated temperature for sufficient time to form the active carbon phase, characterised in that said catalyst precursor comprises less than 0.1% of a transition metal. |
