Conclusions
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Styrene formation in the oxidational dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene on an aluminum oxide catalyst is directly from the ethylbenzene through an earlier proposed mechanism, rather than from intermediate condensation products through a consecutive mechanism.
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The condensation products imply function as catalysts for styrene formation, their activity in this reaction being higher than that of the aluminum oxide itself.
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Carbon dioxide is formed through combustion of the condensation products, rather than from ethylbenzene and styrene.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 532–535, March, 1977.
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Kozharov, A.I., Makhlis, L.A., Lisovskii, A.E. et al. Mechanism of oxidational dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene on an aluminum oxide catalyst. Russ Chem Bull 26, 477–480 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01179446
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