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Methanol can be dehydrogenated to formaldehyde and hydrogen using a silver (or copper) catalyst.

The reaction is an equilibrium process. A small quantify of oxygen can be added to remove the hydrogen (as water) and so push over the equilibrium to the right.

Industrial Organic Chemistry, 3rd. Ed. K. Weissermel, H.-J. Arpe, VCH (1997)

CH3OH
  +  
Ag
         
HCHO
  +  
H2
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Methanol     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Silver Catalyst    Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Formaldehyde     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Hydrogen     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: AS
Elimination
Industrial Process: Organic

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