Claims
- 1. A process for converting feedstock organic compounds to conversion product which comprises contacting said feedstock at conversion conditions including a temperature of from about 0.degree. C. to about 800.degree. C., a pressure of from about 0.1 atmosphere to about 250 atmospheres and a weight hourly space velocity of from about 0.08 hr.sup.-1 to about 500 hr.sup.-1, with catalyst comprising a synthetic crystalline material characterized by an X-ray diffraction pattern exhibiting interplanar d-spacing values including those at 15.4.+-.0.23; 9.03.+-.0.14; 6.62.+-.0.10; 4.99.+-.0.07; 4.04.+-.0.05; 3.31.+-.0.04; and 2.00.+-.0.03 Angstroms.
- 2. The process of claim 1 wherein said crystalline material has a composition comprising the molar relationship
- X.sub.2 O.sub.3 :(n)YO.sub.2
- wherein n is at least about 30, X is a trivalent element and Y is a tetravalent element.
- 3. The process of claim 2 wherein n is from about 40 to about 200.
- 4. The process of claim 1 wherein said crystalline material has been subjected to ion exchange with replacing ions selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and hydrogen precursors, rare earth metals, and metals of Groups IIA, IIIA, IVA, IB, IIB, IIIB, IVB, VIB and VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements and mixtures thereof.
- 5. The process of claim 2 wherein X comprises aluminum and Y comprises silicon.
- 6. The process of claim 4 wherein said replacing ions comprise hydrogen or a hydrogen precursor.
- 7. The process of claim 4 wherein said replacing ions comprise metals.
- 8. The process of claim 1 wherein said catalyst comprises a matrix material comprising alumina, silica, magnesia, zirconia, thoria, beryllia, titania or mixtures thereof.
- 9. A process for converting a feedstock comprising hydrocarbon compounds to conversion product comprising hydrocarbon compounds of lower molecular weight than feedstock hydrocarbon compounds which comprises contacting said feedstock at conditions sufficient to convert said feedstock to said product with a catalyst composition comprising a synthetic crystalline material characterized by an X-ray diffraction pattern exhibiting interplanar d-spacing values including those at 15.4.+-.0.23; 9.03.+-.0.14; 6.62.+-.0.10; 4.99.+-.0.07; 4.04.+-.0.05; 3.31.+-.0.04; and 2.00.+-.0.03 Angstroms.
- 10. The process of claim 9 wherein said crystalline material has a composition comprising the molar relationship
- X.sub.2 O.sub.3 :(n)YO.sub.2
- wherein n is at least about 30, X is a trivalent element and Y is a tetravalent element.
- 11. The process of claim 10 wherein n is from about 40 to about 200.
- 12. The process of claim 9 wherein said crystalline material has been subjected to ion exchange with replacing ions selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and hydrogen precursors, rare earth metals, and metals of Groups IIA, IIIA, IVA, IB, IIB, IIIB, IVB, VIB and VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements.
- 13. The process of claim 10 wherein X comprises aluminum and Y comprises silicon.
- 14. The process of claim 12 wherein said replacing ions comprise hydrogen or a hydrogen precursor.
- 15. The process of claim 12 wherein said replacing ions comprise metals.
- 16. The process of claim 9 wherein said catalyst comprises a matrix material comprising alumina, silica, magnesia, zirconia, thoria, beryllia, titania or mixtures thereof.
- 17. The process of claim 1 wherein said conversion conditions include a temperature of from about 300.degree. C. to about 800.degree. C., a pressure of from about 0.1 atmosphere to about 35 atmospheres and a weight hourly space velocity of from about 0.1 hr.sup.-1 to about 20 hr.sup.-1.
- 18. The process of claim 1 wherein said conversion conditions include a temperature of from about 300.degree. C. to about 700.degree. C., a pressure of from about 0.1 atmosphere to about 10 atmospheres and a weight hourly space velocity of from about 0.1 hr.sup.-1 to about 20 hr.sup.-1.
- 19. The process of claim 9 wherein said conversion conditions include a temperature of from about 300.degree. C. to about 800.degree. C., a pressure of from about 0.1 atmosphere to about 35 atmospheres and a weight hourly space velocity of from about 0.1 hr.sup.-1 to about 20 hr.sup.-1.
- 20. The process of claim 9 wherein said conversion conditions include a temperature of from about 300.degree. C. to about 700.degree. C., a pressure of from about 0.1 atmosphere to about 10 atmospheres and a weight hourly space velocity of from about 0.1 hr.sup.-1 to about 20 hr.sup.-1.
- 21. A process for preparing short chain alkyl aromatic compounds which comprises contacting at least one alkylatable aromatic compound with at least one alkylating agent possessing an aliphatic group having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms under alkylation reaction conditions and in the presence of an alkylation catalyst to provide an alkylated aromatic product possessing at least one alkyl group derived from said alkylating agent, said catalyst comprising a synthetic crystalline material characterized by an X-ray diffraction pattern exhibiting interplanar d-spacing values including those at 15.4.+-.0.23; 9.03.+-.0.14; 6.62.+-.0.10; 4.99.+-.0.07; 4.04.+-.0.05; 3.31.+-.0.04; and 2.00.+-.0.03 Angstroms.
- 22. The process of claim 21 wherein said synthetic crystalline material has been treated to replace original ions, at least in part, with an ion or mixture of ions selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydrogen precursors, rare earth metals and metals of Groups IIA, IIIA, IVA, IB, IIB, IIIB, IVB, VIB and VIII of the Periodic Table.
- 23. The process of claim 21 wherein said synthetic crystalline material has been thermally treated at a temperature up to about 925.degree. C.
- 24. The process of claim 22 wherein said synthetic crystalline material has been thermally treated at a temperature up to about 925.degree. C.
- 25. The process of claim 21 wherein said catalyst comprises a matrix material comprising alumina, silica, magnesia, zirconia, thoria, beryllia, titania or mixtures thereof.
- 26. The process of claim 21 wherein the alkylating agent is an alpha olefin of from 2 to 5 carbon atoms.
- 27. The process of claim 21 wherein the alkylating agent is ethylene or propylene.
- 28. The process of claim 21 wherein the alkylatable aromatic compound is selected from the group consisting of benzene, xylene, toluene, 1,2,3,5-tetramethylbenzene and cumene.
- 29. The process of claim 21 wherein the alkylatable aromatic compound is selected from the group consisting of naphthalene, anthracene, naphthacene, perylene, coronene and phenanthrene.
- 30. The process of claim 21 wherein the alkylatable aromatic compound is cumene and the alkylating agent is propylene.
- 31. The process of claim 21 wherein the alkylation reaction conditions include a temperature of between about 0.degree. C. and about 500.degree. C., a pressure of from about 0.2 to about 250 atmospheres, a WHSV of from about 0.1 hr.sup.-1 to about 500 hr.sup.-1 and a molar ratio of alkylatable aromatic compound to alkylating agent of from about 0.1 to about 50.
- 32. The process of claim 21 wherein the alkylation reaction conditions include a temperature of between about 50.degree. C. and about 250.degree. C., a pressure of from about 1 to about 25 atmospheres, a WHSV of from about 0.5 hr.sup.-1 to about 100 hr.sup.-1 and a molar ratio of alkylatable aromatic compound to alkylating agent of from about 0.5 to about 15.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 471,173, filed Jan. 26, 1990 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,981,663, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 191,528, filed May 9, 1988, now abandoned.
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Continuation in Parts (2)
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