A method for producing a hierarchical mesoporous beta includes mixing a beta zeolite with an aqueous metal hydroxide solution and heating the beta zeolite and the aqueous metal hydroxide mixture to produce a desilicated beta zeolite, contacting the desilicated beta zeolite with an ammonium salt solution to produce an intermediate hierarchical mesoporous beta zeolite, and treating the intermediate hierarchical mesoporous beta zeolite with an acidic solution to produce the hierarchical mesoporous beta zeolite. The hierarchical mesoporous beta zeolite includes a molar ratio of silicon to aluminum of greater than 12.5, a total pore volume of greater than or equal to the total pore volume of the intermediate hierarchical mesoporous beta zeolite, and an average mesopore size of greater than or equal to the average mesopore size of the hierarchical mesoporous beta zeolite. The method may also include calcining the intermediate hierarchical mesoporous beta zeolite.

A heterogeneous catalyst composition for para-hydrogen induced polarization includes ligand-capped nanoparticles dispersed in water. The ligand-capped nanoparticles include metal nanoparticles that are surface functionalized with organic ligands, a molecular weight of the organic ligands is no greater than 300 g/mol, and the organic ligands each includes multiple binding moieties as coordinates sites for binding to a nanoparticle surface.

Process for the preparation of a catalyst and a catalyst comprising more than one silica is provided herein. Thus, in one embodiment, the invention provides a particulate FCC catalyst comprising about 5 to about 60 wt % one or more zeolites, about 10 to about 45 wt % quasicrystalline boehmite (QCB), about 0 to about 35 wt % microcrystalline boehmite (MCB), greater than about 0 to about 15 wt % silica from sodium stabilized colloidal silica, greater than about 0 to about 30 wt % silica from ammonia stabilized or lower sodium colloidal silica, and the balance clay and the process for making the same. This process results in attrition resistant catalysts with good performance.

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards methods of etherification including modifying a zeolite catalyst with silica to provide a silica modified zeolite catalyst; and contacting the silica modified zeolite catalyst with an olefin and an alcohol to produce a monoalkyl ether.

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards methods of etherification including reducing templates of a zeolite catalyst to provide a reduced template zeolite catalyst having from 3 to 15 weight percent weight percent of templates maintained following calcination of zeolite catalyst; and contacting the reduced template zeolite catalyst with an olefin and an alcohol to produce a monoalkyl ether.

A method includes the steps of (a) contacting a solvent having a Water Solubility of 1 g or greater per 100 g of water with a metallosilicate catalyst having an alumina to silica ratio from 5 to 1500; and (b) heating the metallosilicate catalyst to a temperature from 125 C to 300 C fora period of 0.5 hours to 5 hours.

A hydrophobic zeolite which has a water adsorption of (6 g/100 g zeolite) or less at 25° C. at RH 60% and a toluene adsorption of (9 g/100 g zeolite) or more at 25° C. under 0.01 kPa.

Provided are: an exhaust gas purifying composition that contains a phosphorus-containing BEA-type zeolite and has further improved heat resistance; and a production method therefor.

The exhaust gas purifying composition contains a phosphorus-containing BEA-type zeolite, wherein the phosphorus-containing BEA-type zeolite has a pore volume ratio (V2/V1) of a micropore volume V2 having a pore diameter in a range of 2 nm or less, as measured by a SF method, to a mesopore volume V1 having a pore diameter in a range of 2 nm or more and 100 nm or less, as measured by a BJH method, of 2.0 or more.

A process for making ortho alkoxy bisphenol monomers includes contacting an (alk-1-enyl)alkoxyphenol (type 1) with an alkoxyphenol (type 2) in the presence of an acidic catalyst. Both type of renewable phenols (type 1 and 2) can be generated from lignocellulosic biomass. The use of such alkoxy phenols as a precursor to bisphenol monomers has the potential to reduce the cost and environmental impact of structural materials, while meeting or exceeding the performance of current petroleum-derived polymers, such as thermoplastics and thermoset resins.

The invention discloses a bifunctional additive for increasing low-carbon olefins and reducing slurry in cracking product, wherein the dry-basis components of said additive is as follows: 40˜55 wt % of phosphorus-containing MFI zeolite, 0˜10 wt % of large pore type Y and Beta zeolites, 3˜20 wt % of inorganic binder, 8˜22 wt % of inorganic matrix composed of alumina and amorphous silica-alumina and 15˜40 wt % of clay. The bifunctional additive is mainly used to facilitate production rate of cracked LPG and increase concentration of propylene in LPG and octane number of produced the gasoline, and at the same time reduce the yield of slurry in the cracking products. The invention also discloses its preparation method and application of said additive.