Patent ID: 8759597

Claim:
A method for producing an alkylated benzene compound comprising: mixing a UZM-8 zeolite material with a filler material comprising transition phase alumina including Chi, Kappa, Delta, Eta, Theta, and Gamma, and an Alpha alumina, a porosity enhancing agent, and water to produce a paste; mulling the paste; extruding the paste to produce a shaped extrudate; drying and calcining the shaped extrudate to produce a zeolite catalyst, wherein the zeolite catalyst has a total porosity greater than about 0.60 ml/gm and greater than 15% of a total pore volume of pores in the range from about 550 angstroms to about 31,000 angstroms; and contacting a hydrocarbon stream comprising benzene and an olefin in the presence of the zeolite catalyst.