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IPA can be dehydrogenated to acetone. Copper or zinc oxide catalyst is used. This is a dehydrogenation reaction.

In some processes oxygen is added to the reaction mixture so that the hydrogen is oxidised to water.

Alan Heaton (Ed.) An Introduction to Industrial Chemistry, Blackie (1996)
         
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Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Decomposition by Heat (Pyrolysis)
Industrial Process: Organic

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