Patent ID: 7601861

Claim:
A process for preparing at least one alkylaryl compound comprising: reacting a C 10-14 -monoolefin mixture with an aromatic hydrocarbon in the presence of an alkylation catalyst to form at least one alkyl aromatic compound; wherein, in the C 10-14 -monoolefins, on average, more than 0% and up to 100% of methyl branches are present in the longest carbon chain and fewer than 30% of the methyl branches are in the 2-, 3- and 4-position, calculated starting from the chain ends of the longest carbon chain; and the alkylation catalyst is selected from the group consisting of a zeolite of the EPI structural type, a zeolite of the FER structural type, a pentasil having an MFI structure, and a pentasil having an MEL structure.