“…Platinum- and vanadia-based catalysts are well studied and among the most efficient for cyclohexane dehydrogenation. − A number of other materials include metal-doped zeolites and metal phosphates. − In recent years, gold nanoparticles supported on metal oxides have been shown to be attractive catalysts in a number of selective oxidation and hydrogenation reactions. , Their potential for oxidative dehydrogenation was pointed out by Bond as early as 1972 . More recently, the Hutchings group has reported that metal oxide-supported Au–Pd alloys are highly selective catalysts for the formation of benzene from cyclohexane and cyclohexene, and Vajda and co-workers reported nanometer and subnanometer cobalt oxide catalysts for the same reaction. − Gold supported on various oxide supports, including iron oxide, has also been studied for the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane, propane, 1-butene and α,ω-diols. − …”