Taboos in German Literature

Catalytic alkane dehydrogenations

“…Recently, a new generation of the PDH catalyst was claimed by BASF, consisting of platinum/tin as the active component and using ZrO 2 (mixed with SiO 2 in most cases) as the support. Good per-pass conversion (50 %) and selectivity (93 %) for formation of propene are obtained at 590°C [16].…”