“…The transformation of light alkanes into more valuable organic compounds is being extensively studied. Many papers on the oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of ethane, propane, and butane can be found in the most recent literature (Blasco et al, 1995;Corma et al, 1992Corma et al, , 1993aChaar et al, 1987Chaar et al, , 1988Gao et al, 1994a,b;Grabowski et al, 1995;Guerrero-Ruiz et al, 1992;Juarez-Lopez et al, 1995;Kaddouri et al, 1992;Mamedov and Cortes-Corberan, 1995;Mazzocchia et al, 1991;Michalakos et al, 1993;Siew-Hew-Sam et al, 1990). A wide variety of catalytic systems have been proposed.…”