Lebedev Process

S. V. Lebedev, Zh. Obshch. Khim. 3, 698 (1933).

Formation of butadiene from ethanol by catalytic pyrolysis. The catalysts used are mixtures of sililcates and aluminum and zinc oxides:

S. V. Lebedev, FR 665917 (1928); GB 331482 (1929); RU 24393 (1931); C. Ellis, The Chemistry of Petroleum Derivatives II (New York, 1937) p 173; G. Egloff, G. Hulla, Chem. Rev. 36, 67 (1945); Y. A. Gorin, Zh. Obshch. Khim. 20, 1596 (1950); Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology vol. 4 (New York, 3rd ed., 1978) p 322.