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Hydrodealkylation is a chemical reaction that often involves reacting an aromatic hydrocarbon, such as Toluene, in the presence of Hydrogen gas to form a simpler Aromatic Hydrocarbon devoid of functional groups. An example is the conversion of 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene to Xylene. This chemical process usually occurs at high temperature, at high pressure, or in the presence of a catalyst. These are predominantly transition metals, such as Chromium or Molybdenum.

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