The application discloses a
dehydrogenation catalyst and a precursor, a preparation method and application thereof. The
dehydrogenation catalyst precursor is obtained through the following steps: mixing an
aqueous solution of a precipitant and an
aqueous solution of a
metal salt to perform a
precipitation reaction; and then performing post-treatment. The
aqueous solution of the
metal salt comprises a
copper salt and a carrier
alkaline earth metal salt. The temperature of the
precipitation reaction is 30-90 DEG C. The end point pH value of the
precipitation reaction is 6.0-10.0. The
dehydrogenation catalyst precursor comprises an
active component precursor and a carrier. The
active component precursor is
copper oxide. The carrier is one or more of
alkaline earth metal oxides. The content of the
copper oxide is 10%-75%. The content of the carrier is 5%-51%. The NH3 adsorption amount of the dehydrogenation catalyst precursor is less than 90 umol / g. The dehydrogenation catalyst obtained by reducing the dehydrogenation catalyst precursor is applied to a dehydrogenation reaction for preparing
methyl isobutyl ketone. The temperature of the dehydrogenation reaction is 200-300 DEG C. The pressure of the dehydrogenation reaction is 0-0.5 MPa, and the dehydrogenation catalyst has high conversion rate and selectivity.