Patent ID: 7544849

Claim:
A process for converting a hydrocarbon feed comprising C 9 + aromatic compounds and toluene compounds, the process comprising the step of contacting the feed with a transalkylation catalyst under transalkylation conditions, wherein the transalkylation catalyst consists essentially of a rhenium component, a solid-acid component, an optional binder, and a sulfur component wherein the catalyst mole ratio of sulfur to rhenium is about 0.3 to about 0.8 and wherein the solid-acid component is selected from the group consisting of: (A) mordenite having a SiO 2 /Al 2 O 3 ratio from about 13 to about 19, and (B) mordenite having a SiO 2 /Al 2 O 3 ratio from about 13 to about 19, in combination with another component selected from the group consisting of mazzite, zeolite beta, ZSM-11, ZSM-12, ZSM-22, ZSM-23, EU-1, MAPO-36, MAPSO-31, SAPO-5, SAPO-11, SAPO-41, MFI topology zeolites, silica-alumina and combinations thereof.