Patent ID: 8450548

Claim:
A process for converting a feed stream comprising oxygenated C1-C10 aliphatic hydrocarbon compounds to a product stream comprising aromatic hydrocarbons, the process comprising: contacting said feed with a catalyst composition La-M/zeolite to convert the oxygenated C1-C10 aliphatic hydrocarbon compounds to form the product stream; wherein the catalyst composition La-M/zeolite consists essentially of from 0.0001 to 20 mass % (based on total catalyst composition) of lanthanum (La); from 0.0001 to 20 mass % of at least one element M selected from the group consisting of molybdenum (Mo), copper (Cu), cerium (Ce) and caesium (Cs); zeolite in hydrogen form; optionally Zinc (Zn); and optionally a binder and wherein said zeolite is an aluminosilicate or aluminophosphate, and wherein the La-M are present in the zeolite as framework or non-framework elements; and converting the oxygenated C1-C10 aliphatic hydrocarbon compounds to form the product stream.