Patent ID: 8536395

Claim:
An alkylation process comprising: reacting an alkylatable substrate with an alkylating agent in one or more reactors to form a product stream; wherein at least one of the one or more reactors comprises a catalyst comprising a zeolite catalyst component and a binder component providing mechanical support for the catalyst component; wherein said binder component is an ion-modified binder having at least one active metal species that is capable of attachment to polar contaminants and thereby inhibits the contact of polar contaminants with the catalyst component; wherein metal ions make up 0.1% to 50% by weight of the ion-modified binder; wherein the metal ions are chosen from the group consisting of Cu, Zn, Sn, Pb, Bi, Ba, Mn, and combinations thereof; and wherein the metal ions are added to the binder component prior to combining the binder component with the catalyst component.