Vanadium-containing mesoporous HMS catalysts have been prepared and charact
erized for the oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of propane. It is demonstrat
ed that the vanadium supported HMS catalysts exhibit a much higher catalyti
c activity than the literature results obtained over the vanadium supported
MCM-41 catalysts in the ODH of propane. The improved catalytic activity of
the V-HMS catalysts has been attributed to the presence of high concentrat
ion of well-dispersed vanadium species on the surface of the mesoporous HMS
materials.