Patent ID: 8609920

Claim:
A hydrocarbon conversion process for the alkylation of aromatics comprising contacting an aromatic compound and an alkylating agent with a catalytic composite at hydrocarbon conversion conditions to give an alkylated aromatic product, the catalytic composite comprising a catalyst comprising a microporous crystalline zeolite, UZM-44-Modified, having a three-dimensional framework of at least AlO2 and SiO2 tetrahedral units and an empirical composition in the hydrogen form expressed by an empirical formula of M1 a N+ Al (1-x) E x Si y′ O z″ , where M1 is at least one exchangeable cation selected from the group consisting of alkali, alkaline earth metals, rare earth metals, ammonium ion, hydrogen ion and combinations thereof, “a” is the mole ratio of M1 to (Al+E) and varies from about 0.05 to about 50, “N” is the weighted average valence of M1 and has a value of about +1 to about +3, E is an element selected from the group consisting of gallium, iron, boron, and combinations thereof, x is the mole fraction of E and varies from 0 to 1.0, y′ is the mole ratio of Si to (Al+E) and varies from greater than about 9 to virtually pure silica and z″ is the mole ratio of O to (Al+E) and has a value determined by the equation: z ″=( a·N+ 3+4 ·y ′)/2 and is characterized in that it has the x-ray diffraction pattern having at least the d-spacings and intensities set forth in Table B: TABLE B 2-Theta d(t) I/Io % 7.71 11.47 m-s 8.84 10.00 m-s 9.24 9.56 m 11.76 7.52 vw-w 12.46 7.10 m 14.38 6.15 vw 14.64 6.05 w 15.26 5.80 w 15.52 5.70 w-m 16.58 5.34 w 17.72 5.00 w-m 18.64 4.76 w 22.56 3.94 w-m 23.06 3.85 vs 23.40 3.80 s 24.12 3.69 m 25.06 3.55 m 26.16 3.40 vw-w 26.74 3.33 w-m 28.82 3.10 w-m 30.12 2.96 w 35.86 2.50 vw-w 45.32 2.00 w 46.05 1.97 vw-w 46.92 1.93 vw-w.