The invention relates to a gas-phase synthesis of butadiene from ethanol or from a mixture of ethanol and acetaldehyde. The method of production includes conversion of ethanol or a mixture of ethanol with acetaldehyde in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the reaction is carried out in the presence of a solid catalyst with a mesoporous Zr-containing zeolite having a BEA type structure and at least one metal in a zero oxidation state selected from the group: silver, copper and gold. The claimed method is suitable for carrying out the reaction under continuous flow conditions in the reactor with a fixed bed of catalyst. The invention makes possible to achieve a high yield of butadiene with high selectivity to butadiene and high stability of the catalyst.

A catalyst for the carbonylation of dimethyl ether to methyl acetate. The catalyst comprises a zeolite, such as a mordenite zeolite, at least one Group IB metal, such as copper, and/or at least one Group VIII metal, such as iron, and at least one Group IIB metal, such as zinc. Such a catalyst with combined metals provides enhanced catalytic activity, improved stability, and improved selectivity to methyl acetate, and does not require a halogen promoter, as compared to a metal-free or copper only zeolite.

The present disclosure relates to a hydrocracking catalyst for preparing a C.sub.6-C.sub.9 light aromatic hydrocarbons having an increased BTX content from a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, a method for preparing the same and a method for preparing a C.sub.6-C.sub.9 light aromatic hydrocarbons having an increased BTX content by using the same. More specifically, an effect of obtaining a C.sub.6-C.sub.9 light aromatic hydrocarbons having an increased BTX content with a high yield from the byproducts of oil refining and petrochemical processes, which contain polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons such as naphthalene, alkylnaphthalene, etc., can be achieved by using a catalyst in which one or more metal selected from group VIII and one or more metal selected from group VIB are supported on a composite zeolite support of zeolite beta and zeolite ZSM-5.

Disclosed are processes for conversion of a feedstock comprising C.sub.8+ aromatic hydrocarbons to lighter aromatic products in which the feedstock and optionally hydrogen are contacted in the presence of the catalyst composition under conversion conditions effective to dealkylate and transalkylate said C.sub.8+ aromatic hydrocarbons to produce said lighter aromatic products comprising benzene, toluene and xylene. The catalyst composition comprises a zeolite, a first metal, and a second metal, and is treated with a source of sulfur and/or a source of steam.

A family of new crystalline molecular sieves designated SSZ-91 is disclosed, as are methods for making SSZ-91 and uses for SSZ-91. Molecular sieve SSZ-91 is structurally similar to sieves falling within the ZSM-48 family of molecular sieves, and is characterized as: (1) having a low degree of faulting, (2) a low aspect ratio that inhibits hydrocracking as compared to conventional ZSM-48 materials having an aspect ratio of greater than 8, and (3) is substantially phase pure.

A process for preparing a porous oxidic material with micropores and mesopores and a zeolitic material having an AEI framework with a tetravalent element Y, a trivalent element X and oxygen, the micropores having a pore diameter determined by nitrogen adsorption-desorption at 77 K of less than 2 nm and the mesopores having a pore diameter of from 2 to 50 nm, the process involving subjecting a synthesis mixture to hydrothermal crystallization at a crystallization temperature of from 90 to 200° C., to obtain a mother liquor containing the porous oxidic material having the zeolitic AEI framework. The synthesis mixture may have a zeolitic material with an FAU framework comprising Y, X, and O, water, a base source, a first organic structure directing agent as an AEI framework type structure directing agent, a second organic structure directing agent with a dimethyl-octadecyl[3-(trimethoxysilyl)-propyl]ammonium cation, and seed crystals

Disclosed are processes for conversion of a feedstock comprising C.sub.8+ aromatic hydrocarbons to lighter aromatic products in which the feedstock and optionally hydrogen are contacted in the presence of the catalyst composition under conversion conditions effective to dealkylate and transalkylate said C.sub.8+ aromatic hydrocarbons to produce said lighter aromatic products comprising benzene, toluene and xylene. The catalyst composition comprises a zeolite, a first metal, and a second metal, and is treated with a source of sulfur and/or a source of steam.

The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a zeolitic material having a CHA-type framework structure comprising YO.sub.2 and X.sub.2O.sub.3, wherein said process comprises the steps of: (1) providing a mixture comprising one or more sources for YO.sub.2, one or more sources for X.sub.2O.sub.3, one or more optionally substituted ethyltrimethylammonium cation-containing compounds, and one or more tetraalkylammonium cation R.sup.1R.sup.2R.sup.3R.sup.4N.sup.+-containing compounds as structure directing agent; (2) crystallizing the mixture obtained in step (1) for obtaining a zeolitic material having a CHA-type framework structure; wherein Y is a tetravalent element and X is a trivalent element, wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 independently from one another stand for alkyl, wherein R.sup.4 stands for cycloalkyl, and wherein the YO.sub.2:X.sub.2O.sub.3 molar ratio of the mixture in (1) ranges from 2 to 1,000, as well as to zeolitic materials which may be obtained according to the inventive process and to their use.

Catalyst and use of the catalyst comprising a molecular sieve belonging to the ABC-6 framework family with disorder in the ABC stacking sequence essentially composed of double-six-ring periodic building units and having a mole ratio of silicon oxide to aluminum oxide from about 8 to about 60.

The present invention refers to a process for oligomerization of acetylene in the presence of hydrogen and a solid catalyst.