Provided herein are methods for hydroisomerization of a hydrocarbon feedstock comprising contacting the hydrocarbon feedstock with hydrogen and a catalyst to yield a hydrocarbon product having an increase in branched hydrocarbons relative to the hydrocarbon feedstock. The present catalysts comprise a heteroatom-doped Beta zeolite having a trivalent cation as a framework metal oxide, an extra-framework species comprised of cerium and/or cobalt, and from 0.01 to 1.5 wt. % of a group VIII or VIB metal, or a combination thereof.

Provided herein are methods for hydroisomerization of a hydrocarbon feedstock comprising contacting the hydrocarbon feedstock with hydrogen and a catalyst to yield a hydrocarbon product having an increase in branched hydrocarbons relative to the hydrocarbon feedstock. The present catalysts comprise a heteroatom-doped Beta zeolite having a trivalent cation as a framework metal oxide, an extra-framework species comprised of cerium and/or cobalt, and from 0.01 to 1.5 wt. % of a group VIII or VIB metal, or a combination thereof.

Disclosed is a method for preparing a catalyst for a gasoline reaction of dimethyl ether that includes reacting a silica source, an aluminum source, and a structural derivative to synthesize a zeolite sol, mixing an alcohol with an organic template to form an emulsion phase, and adding a zeolite sol to the emulsion phase to perform a reaction.

Disclosed is a method for preparing a catalyst for a gasoline reaction of dimethyl ether that includes reacting a silica source, an aluminum source, and a structural derivative to synthesize a zeolite sol, mixing an alcohol with an organic template to form an emulsion phase, and adding a zeolite sol to the emulsion phase to perform a reaction.

A method of preparing a catalyst for synthesizing dimethyl ether from synthetic gas includes preparing a mesoporous ferrierite zeolite (FER), and co-precipitating a precursor of a mesoporous ferrierite zeolite and a Cu—Zn—Al-based oxide (CZA) to obtain a hybrid CZA/mesoFER catalyst.

A method of preparing a catalyst for synthesizing dimethyl ether from synthetic gas includes preparing a mesoporous ferrierite zeolite (FER), and co-precipitating a precursor of a mesoporous ferrierite zeolite and a Cu—Zn—Al-based oxide (CZA) to obtain a hybrid CZA/mesoFER catalyst.

A zeolitic material having the ITH framework structure type.A process for the preparation of a zeolitic material having the ITH framework structure type, the process comprising: (1) preparing a mixture comprising one or more specific organotemplates as structure direct-ing agents, one or more sources of YO2, optionally one or more sources of X2O3, seed crystals, and a solvent system, wherein Y is tetravalent element and X is a trivalent ele-ment,(2) heating the mixture obtained in (1) for crystallizing a zeolitic material having the ITH framework structure type comprising YO2 and optionally X2O3 in its framework structure; wherein the one or more organotemplates comprise a specific polymeric cation.

A zeolitic material having the ITH framework structure type.A process for the preparation of a zeolitic material having the ITH framework structure type, the process comprising: (1) preparing a mixture comprising one or more specific organotemplates as structure direct-ing agents, one or more sources of YO2, optionally one or more sources of X2O3, seed crystals, and a solvent system, wherein Y is tetravalent element and X is a trivalent ele-ment,(2) heating the mixture obtained in (1) for crystallizing a zeolitic material having the ITH framework structure type comprising YO2 and optionally X2O3 in its framework structure; wherein the one or more organotemplates comprise a specific polymeric cation.

A superacid polymeric catalyst having both Lewis acidity and Brønsted acidity is described, along with methods of making and methods of using the same.

A superacid polymeric catalyst having both Lewis acidity and Brønsted acidity is described, along with methods of making and methods of using the same.