Among the oxides that are especially suitable for the use as oxidation catalysts are the spinels, a class of chalcogenide materials with the chemical formula AB2X4 and take their name from the mineral spinel (MgAl2O4), with which they share the structure. A 2+ and B 3+ are metal cations, while X 2-is an anion from the oxygen group [17]. The cubic spinel compounds belong to the space group Fd3m. In this structure, one-eighth of the tetrahedral and half of the octahedral interstices are occupied by cations [18]. Two extreme distributions of the cations are possible, albeit spinels with intermediate distributions are commonly observed: the normal distribution (A)[B2]X4, and the inverse distribution (B)[AB]X4, where the ions indicated by square brackets occupy octahedral sites, and the ions indicated by parentheses are located in tetrahedral sites [18]. In normal spinels, divalent cations occupy tetrahedral sites while trivalent cations occupy octahedral sites; conversely, in inverse spinels, divalent cations prefer octahedral sites and trivalent cations split between tetrahedral and remaining octahedral sites. An array chemical and physical methods can be employed for the synthesis of spinels, spanning from solid-phase, solution-state, and vapourphase methods. Spinels find applications in fields such as information and bio-technology due to their magnetic properties, and energy storage technologies such as supercapacitors and metal-ion batteries, owing to their alterable chemical valence and redox capacitance, among others. Notably, spinel oxides with controllable composition, structure, valence, and morphology have emerged as effective catalysts in various chemical reactions, among which are NOx reduction, CO oxidation, CO2 reduction, hydrogen evolution reaction, oxygen reduction reaction, oxygen evolution reaction, formaldehyde oxidation, methane combustion, urea oxidation. Spinels containing earth-abundant transition metals have also been used as catalysts for the partial alcohol oxidation in the liquid phase. High catalytic activity and selectivity were reported for the oxidation of benzyl alcohol over CuCo2O4 and Cu0.25Mn2.75O4; MnCo2O4 and CoMn2O4, the latter being tetragonal, were also tested in the same reaction, with the Co-rich cubic spinel being the most active. Co1+xFe2-xO4 spinel nanowires with different compositions were tested as catalysts for the oxidation of 2-propanol to acetone both in the liquid and in the gas phase. The activity of the catalyst increased exponentially with increasing Co content. The catalytic activity was inhibited by the presence of Fe cations, which affect the electronic structure, and the active sites are constituted by ensembles of coordinatively unsaturated Co III . The presence of water in the liquid phase reaction is beneficial, whereas water vapor in the gas phase reaction lowers the reaction rate. Moreover, in the liquid phase, the catalyst shows substantially higher stability and reusability than in the gas phase.