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A process for the preparation of an alkene from an oxygenate comprising contacting a reactant feedstream comprising at least one oxygenate reactant and water with a supported heteropolyacid catalyst at a temperature of at least 170° C., wherein the process is initiated using a start-up procedure comprising the following steps: (i) heating the supported heteropolyacid catalyst to a temperature of at least 220° C.; (ii) maintaining the heat-treated supported heteropolyacid catalyst of step (i) at a temperature of at least 220° C. for a time sufficient to remove bound water from the heteropolyacid component of the supported heteropolyacid catalyst; (iii) under an anhydrous atmosphere, reducing the temperature of the heat-treated supported heteropolyacid catalyst of step (ii) to a temperature below 220° C.; and (iv) contacting the supported heteropolyacid catalyst of step (iii) with the reactant feedstream at a temperature of at least 170° C.

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