A method for producing xylene, including a conversion reaction step of bringing a raw material containing a light hydrocarbon having 2 to 7 carbon atoms as a main component into contact with a crystalline aluminosilicate-containing catalyst to produce a product containing a monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon having 6 to 8 carbon atoms and a xylene conversion step of subjecting the product to a disproportionation reaction or a transalkylation reaction.

The present disclosure provides catalyst compositions for NO.sub.x conversion and wall-flow filter substrates comprising such catalyst compositions. Certain catalyst compositions include a zeolite with sufficient Cu exchanged into cation sites thereof to give a Cu/Al ratio of 0.1 to 0.5 and a CuO loading of 1 to 15 wt. %; and a copper trapping component (e.g., alumina) including a plurality of particles having a D.sub.90 particle size of about 0.5 to 20 microns in a concentration of about 1 to 20 wt. %. The zeolite and copper trapping component can be in the same washcoat layer or can be in different washcoat layers (such that the copper trapping component serves as a “pre-coating” on the wall-flow filter substrate).

A method for making a functional structural body includes a skeletal body of a porous structure composed of a zeolite-type compound, and at least one type of metallic nanoparticles present in the skeletal body, the skeletal body having channels connecting with each other, the metallic nanoparticles being present at least in the channels of the skeletal body.

A phosphorus- and metal-containing core-shell molecular sieve has a core composed of a ZSM-5 molecular sieve, and a shell composed of a β molecular sieve. The phosphorus- and metal-containing core-shell molecular sieve has a phosphorus content, calculated as P.sub.2O.sub.5, of 1-10 wt %, and a metal content, calculated as metal oxide, of 0.1-10 wt %, based on the dry weight of the phosphorus- and metal-containing core-shell molecular sieve. It shows an .sup.27Al MAS NMR with a ratio of the area of a resonance signal peak at a chemical shift of 39±3 ppm to the area of a resonance signal peak at a chemical shift of 54±3 ppm of 0.01-∞:1.

The present invention relates to a process for the production of 2,2,4,6,6-pentamethyl-1,2,5,6-tetrahydro-pyrimidine comprising (i) providing a reactor containing a catalyst comprising a zeolitic material, wherein the zeolitic material comprises YO.sub.2 and optionally comprises X.sub.2O.sub.3 in its framework structure, wherein Y is a tetravalent element and X is a trivalent element; (ii) preparing a reaction mixture comprising acetone and ammonia; (iii) contacting the catalyst in the reactor with the reaction mixture prepared in (ii) for obtaining a reaction product comprising 2,2,4,6,6-pentamethyl-1,2,5,6-tetrahydro-pyrimidine; wherein the temperature programmed desorption of ammonia (NH.sub.3-TPD) profile of the zeolitic material comprised in the catalyst provided in (i) optionally displays one or more bands associated with medium acid sites, said one or more bands having maxima in the temperature range of from 250 to 500° C., wherein the integration of said one or more bands affords a total value of 0.5 mmol/g or less, and wherein the mixture prepared in (ii) and contacted with the catalyst in (iii) contains less than 10 wt.-% of water based on 100 wt.-% of the reaction mixture.

Disclosed herein are modified zeolites and methods for making modified zeolites. In one or more embodiments disclosed herein, a modified zeolite may include a microporous framework including a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm. The microporous framework may include at least silicon atoms and oxygen atoms. The modified zeolite may further include organometallic moieties each bonded to a nitrogen atom of a secondary amine functional group comprising a nitrogen atom and a hydrogen atom. The organometallic moieties may comprise a hafnium atom that is bonded to the nitrogen atom of the secondary amine functional group. The nitrogen atom of the secondary amine function group may bridge the hafnium atom of the organometallic moiety and a silicon atom of the microporous framework.

To provide a structured catalyst for catalytic cracking or hydrodesulfurization that suppresses decline in catalytic activity, achieves efficient catalytic cracking, and allows simple and stable obtaining of a substance to be modified. The structured catalyst for catalytic cracking or hydrodesulfurization (1) includes a support (10) of a porous structure composed of a zeolite-type compound and at least one type of metal oxide nanoparticles (20) present in the support (10), in which the support (10) has channels (11) that connect with each other, the metal oxide nanoparticles (20) are present at least in the channels (11) of the support (10), and the metal oxide nanoparticles (20) are composed of a material containing any one or two more of the oxides of Fe, Al, Zn, Zr, Cu, Co, Ni, Ce, Nb, Ti, Mo, V, Cr, Pd, and Ru.

The present disclosure relates to a novel staged-synthesis method for introduction of various metals in the structure of zeolite frameworks by isomorphous substitution. This new method is based on a hydrothermal synthesis in which the metal addition to the precursor suspensions (gel) is delayed. This so-called “staged-synthesis method” allows to obtain nanosized silanol highly homo-geneous crystalline zeolite structures with a control of the metal location.

The present disclosure provides a modified catalyst, and preparation method and a method for producing aromatic hydrocarbons by aromatization of olefins using the modified catalyst. The modified catalyst comprises an acidic molecular sieve and an olefin aromatization active metal component, the total acid amount of the catalyst as measured by NH.sub.3-TPD method is not higher than 0.35 mmol/g, and ratio of the strong acid to weak acid is within a range of 0.8-1.2.

The structured catalyst for oxidation for exhaust gas purification includes a support having a porous structure constituted by a zeolite-type compound, and at least one type of oxidation catalyst that is present in the support and selected from the group consisting of metal and metal oxide, the support having channels that communicate with each other, and the oxidation catalyst being present in at least the channels of the support.