“…Silica-alumina catalysts were tested for cracking isobutane and cumene {70), for the depolymerization of ethylene {71), for the isomerization of cyclopropane {60), isobutane (77), and isopentane {64), and for the conversion of acetaldehyde {44). Hydrogenation (77,12,18,41,69,93), dehydrogenation {104), and thermal degradation {3) have also been studied. The reactivities of naphthenes over a platinum reforming catalyst {47), the hydrodesulfurization of thiophenes {16, 76-78), and the isomerization of cycloalkenes on aluminum oxide {54, 55) were similarly investigated.…”