A method of hydrocracking at least one of 2,4-dimethylpentane and 2,2,3-trimethylbutane, comprising: contacting a hydrocracking feed stream in the presence of hydrogen with a hydrocracking catalyst under process conditions including a temperature of 425-580°C, a pressure of 300-5000 kPa gauge and a Weight Hourly Space Velocity of 0.1-30 h -1 to produce a hydrocracking product stream comprising benzene; wherein the hydrocracking feed stream comprising C 5 -C 12 hydrocarbons which includes at least 0.5 wt% of 2,4-dimethylpentane and/or 2,2,3-trimethylbutane, based upon a total weight of the hydrocracking feed stream; wherein the hydrocracking catalyst comprises a hydrogenation metal in an amount of 0.010-0.30 wt% with respect to the total catalyst, wherein the hydrogenating metal is at least one element selected from Group 10 of the periodic table of elements, rhodium, and iridium; preferably at least one metal selected from palladium and platinum; most preferably platinum; wherein the hydrocracking catalyst comprises a medium pore zeolite having a pore size of 5-6 Å and a silica to alumina molar ratio of 20-75 and a large pore zeolite having a pore size of 6-8 Å and a silica to alumina molar ratio of 10-80, wherein the hydrogenation metal is deposited on the medium pore zeolite and the large pore zeolite; wherein the zeolite in the hydrocracking catalyst comprises 75-95 wt% of the medium pore zeolite and 5-25 wt% of the large pore zeolite with respect to the total amount of the zeolite; and wherein the medium pore zeolite comprises a 10-ring zeolite and the large pore zeolite includes at least one of Y zeolite, beta zeolite, and mordenite. contacting a hydrocracking feed stream in the presence of hydrogen with a hydrocracking catalyst under process conditions including a temperature of 425-580°C, a pressure of 300-5000 kPa gauge and a Weight Hourly Space Velocity of 0.1-30 h -1 to produce a hydrocracking product stream comprising benzene; wherein the hydrocracking feed stream comprising C 5 -C 12 hydrocarbons which includes at least 0.5 wt% of 2,4-dimethylpentane and/or 2,2,3-trimethylbutane, based upon a total weight of the hydrocracking feed stream; wherein the hydrocracking catalyst comprises a hydrogenation metal in an amount of 0.010-0.30 wt% with respect to the total catalyst, wherein the hydrogenating metal is at least one element selected from Group 10 of the periodic table of elements, rhodium, and iridium; preferably at least one metal selected from palladium and platinum; most preferably platinum; wherein the hydrocracking catalyst comprises a medium pore zeolite having a pore size of 5-6 Å and a silica to alumina molar ratio of 20-75 and a large pore zeolite having a pore size of 6-8 Å and a silica to alumina molar ratio of 10-80, wherein the hydrogenation metal is deposited on the medium pore zeolite and the large pore zeolite; wherein the zeolite in the hydrocracking catalyst comprises 75-95 wt% of the medium pore zeolite and 5-25 wt% of the large pore zeolite with respect to the total amount of the zeolite; and wherein the medium pore zeolite comprises a 10-ring zeolite and the large pore zeolite includes at least one of Y zeolite, beta zeolite, and mordenite. <EOS>