Groupe de Recherche s u r l a c a t a l y s e e n c h i m i e o r g a n i q u e 4 0 , Avenue du R e c t e u r P i n e a u , U n i v e r s i t g d e P o i t i e r s 86022 P o i t i e r s Cedex -F r a n c e ABSTRACT The k i n e t i c s o f t h e h y d r o g e n o l y s i s of some l i g h t s a t u r a t e d hydrocarbons h a s been s t u d i e d and t h e r e s u l t s have been r a t i o n a l i z e d by u s i n g a r a t e exp r e s s i o n d e r i v e d from t h e k i n e t i c scheme o r i g i n a l l y proposed by C I M I N O , BOUDART and TAYLOR f o r e t h a n e h y d r o g e n o l y s i s . R e a c t i o n K i n e t . C a t a l . L e t t . 1 ( 1 9 7 4 1 , 3 .FRETY R. and TOURNAYAN L . , J . C a t a l . 4 7 ( 1 9 7 7 ) , 3 8 9 .11 -ANDERSON J . R . and AVERY N.R., J . C a t a l . 5 ( 1 9 6 6 ) , 4 4 6 .J . P h y s . C h e m . 58 ( 1 9 5 4 ) 7 9 6 C a t a l . R e v . 3 ( 1 9 7 0 ) , 1 7 5 .T h e s i s P o i t i e r s 1 9 7 6 .A1 C h E J . , 1 8 ( 1 9 7 2 ) 4 6 5 .J . C a t a l . 53 ( 1 9 7 8 ) 1 5 0 .1 0 -LECLERCQ G .