Patent ID: 7626064

Claim:
A process for transalkylation of a feedstream comprising one or more of C 7 , C 9 , C 10 and C 11 + aromatics to obtain a product stream having an increased concentration of C 8 aromatics relative to that of the feedstream, comprising contacting the feedstream at transalkylation conditions with a catalyst comprising: (a) an aggregate material comprising globular aggregates of crystallites having a MOR framework type comprising 12-ring channels, a mesopore volume of at least about 0.10 cc/gram, a mean crystallite length parallel to the direction of the 12-ring channels of about 60 nm or less, the number of 12-ring channel-openings per gram of zeolite of at least 1×10 19 and a silica-alumina (Si/Al 2 ) mole ratio of from about 8 to about 50; (b) a binder selected from one or more of alumina, silica and silica-alumina; and, (c) a metal component comprising one or more elements selected from groups VIB(6), VIIB(7), VIII(8-10) and IVA(14) of the Periodic Table.