Patent ID: 7547812

Claim:
A hydrocarbon conversion process comprising: a) introducing a feedstock to a reactor system in the presence of a metallo-aluminophosphate molecular sieve prepared by first providing a reaction mixture comprising a quantity of metallo-aluminophosphate seeds containing from about 5 to 20 wt-% metal oxide on a dry oxide basis, a source of aluminum, a source of phosphorus, at least one organic template, and a source of metal; inducing formation of crystals of said metallo-aluminophosphate molecular sieve from the reaction mixture wherein the metal oxide is present at an aggregate concentration of less than about 6 wt-%; and separating said crystallized metallo-alumninophosphate molecular sieve; b) withdrawing an effluent stream from the reactor system; and c) passing the effluent stream through a recovery system and recovering at least one or more conversion products.