“…Physically, glycerol is a clear, colorless, odorless, hygroscopic, viscous, and sweet tasting liquid; , chemically, a glycerol molecule, with two primary and one secondary hydroxyl groups, is very reactive . Such characteristics of glycerol enable it to undergo many reactions, for example, oxidation, , hydrogenolysis, , etherification, , reforming, and dehydration. , Among those reactions, catalytic glycerol dehydration has attracted considerable attention as the reaction can produce ethers, acetals, ethylene glycol, and acrolein . Acrolein, in particular, can be converted to many value-added chemicals and polymers (Figure a).…”