Claims
- 1. A process for effecting catalytic conversion of an organic charge which comprises contacting said charge under catalytic conversion conditions with a catalyst comprising a catalytically effective amount of a synthetic porous crystalline zeolite having a molar ratio of XO.sub.2 : Y.sub.2 O.sub.3 of at least 4, wherein X represents silicon and/or germanium and Y represents aluminum, boron, chromium, iron and/or gallium, said porous crystalline zeolite having at least the X-ray diffraction lines as set forth in Table 1 of the specification.
- 2. A process according to claim 1, wherein said zeolite is an aluminosilicate zeolite having a silica to alumina molar ratio of at least 4.
- 3. A process according to claim 1, wherein toluene is alkylated with methanol to produce xylenes, said process comprising contacting said toluene and said methanol with said catalyst under conditions comprising a temperature of from about 340.degree. C. to about 500.degree. C., a pressure of from about atmospheric to about 200 atmospheres, a weight hourly space velocity of from about 2 to about 2000 and a toluene to methanol mole ratio of from about 1:1 to about 20:1.
- 4. A process according to claim 3, wherein said zeolite is an aluminosilicate zeolite having a silica to alumina molar ratio of at least 4.
- 5. A process according to claim 1, wherein toluene is disproportionated to produce benzene and xylenes, said process comprising contacting said toluene with said catalyst under conditions comprising a temperature of from about 200.degree. C. to about 760.degree. C., a pressure of from about atmospheric to about 60 atmospheres and a weight hourly space velocity of from about 0.08 to about 20.
- 6. A process according to claim 5, wherein said zeolite is an aluminosilicate zeolite having a silica to alumina molar ratio of at least 4.
- 7. A process according to claim 1, wherein propane is converted to produce a mixture comprising light olefins and aromatics, said process comprising contacting said propane with said catalyst under conditions comprising a temperature of from about 100.degree. C. to about 700.degree. C., a pressure of from about 0.1 atmosphere to about 60 atmospheres, a weight hourly space velocity of from about 0.5 to about 400 and a hydrogen/propane mole ratio of from about 0 to about 20.
- 8. A process according to claim 7, wherein said zeolite is an aluminosilicate zeolite having a silica to alumina molar ratio of at least 4.
- 9. A process according to claim 1, wherein a refinery off gas is upgraded to produce liquid product enriched in BTX, said process comprising contacting said off gas with said catalyst under conditions comprising a temperature of from about 100.degree. C. to about 700.degree. C., a pressure of from about 0.1 atmosphere to about 60 atmospheres, a weight hourly space velocity of from about 0.5 to about 400 and a hydrogen to hydrocarbon mole ratio of from about 0 to about 20.
- 10. A process according to claim 1, wherein said charge comprises one or more C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alcohols and/or C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 ethers and said alcohols and/or ethers are converted to hydrocarbons under conditions comprising a temperature of from about 300.degree. C. to about 550.degree. C., a pressure of from about 0.01 psi to about 2000 psi and a liquid hourly space velocity of from about 0.5 to about 100.
- 11. A process according to claim 10, wherein said conditions comprise a temperature of from about 370.degree. C. to about 500.degree. C., a pressure of from about 0.1 psi to about 500 psi, and a liquid hourly space velocity of from 0.5 to about 100.
- 12. A process according to claim 10, wherein said one or more alcohols and/or ethers is methanol.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a division of copending U.S. Application Ser. No. 121,544, filed Nov. 17, 1982, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,873,067.
Said U.S. Application Ser. No. 121,544 is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Application Ser. No. 944,297, filed Dec. 19, 1986, now abandoned.
Said U.S. Application Ser. No. 121,544 is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Application Ser. No. 807,424, filed Dec. 10, 1985, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of the following applications:
Said U.S. Application Ser. No. 944,297 is also a continuation-in-part of said application Ser. No. 759,377 which is a continuation-in-part of the following applications:______________________________________SER. NO. FILING DATE STATUS______________________________________642,964 August 21, 1984 Now abandoned642,965 August 21, 1984 Now abandoned642,963 August 21, 1984 Now abandoned642,962 August 21, 1984 Now abandoned642,961 August 21, 1984 Now abandoned642,930 August 21, 1984 Now abandoned______________________________________
The entire disclosures of the above-identified applications are expressly incorporated herein by reference.
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