Patent ID: 7655137

Claim:
A reforming catalyst having a controlled coordination structure and improved C 5+ production for upgrading liquid fuels to higher octane fuels, the catalyst comprising, a support material selected from the group consisting of alumina, silica, silica gel, titania, and kieselghur, the support material being in the form of a granule, tablet or extrudate, the support material having a surface; a plurality of nano catalyst particles disposed on the surface of the support material and having a particle size of less than about 50 nm, the nanocatalyst particles comprising platinum as a primary catalyst component and one or more of tin or rhenium as a secondary catalyst component, the catalyst atoms being arranged so that at least about 50% of the catalyst atoms on a top or outer surface layer of the nanocatalyst particles have a nearest neighbor coordination number of 2; and a control agent comprising a plurality of straight-chained polymeric or oligomeric molecules that bond the nanocatalyst particles to the surface of the support material, the control agent at least partially contributing to the catalyst atoms being arranged so that at least about 50% of the top or outer surface layer of the catalyst atoms having the nearest neighbor coordination number of 2.