In recent years, the growing concern with the environment has driven the development of alternative and sustainable processes to obtain important compounds in the chemical industry. Isobutene is a hydrocarbon commonly used as an intermediate for the synthesis of various products such as polymers and fuel additives. The main form of the production of this hydrocarbon is from the cracking of naphtha, by which it is produced as a co-product by a pathway dependent on fossil sources. To meet the demand for isobutene associated with sustainable production, new studies have suggested the synthesis of this olefin from the catalytic conversion of compounds such as ethanol, a renewable raw material that can be obtained from the processing of different biomasses. Recent experiments have shown that an In2O3+ ZrO2 physical mixture (MF) has the same performance as In2O3/ZrO2 catalysts, both of which are promising for this type of chemical reaction. Thus, the aim of this study is to investigate this physical mixture as a catalyst in the synthesis of isobutene from ethanol. In this research, the In2O3, ZrO2 catalysts and an In2O3+ZrO2 physical mixture were evaluated by fixed bed catalytic tests and characterized by the techniques of XRD, XPS, EPR, TPD (CO, CO2, isopropanol, ethanol and acetone), N2 physisorption, TPR-H2 and infrared spectroscopy with pyridine adsorption. The results show that the physical mixture has a catalytic activity superior to pure oxides, In2O3 and ZrO2, being able to form isobutene with a selectivity of 36 percent. The synergistic effect of these two oxides is verified, resulting in the formation of cationic and anionic vacancies in the MF catalyst, as well as promoting the redox and basic properties of the system.