Patent ID: 8546286

Claim:
A process for producing a metal containing catalyst composition suitable for effecting hydrocarbon hydrogenation and/or dehydrogenation reactions, the process comprising: (a) providing a catalyst support comprising a mesoporous crystalline material combined with an amorphous binder; (b) treating the catalyst support with a phosphorus-containing anchoring material capable of bonding to the surface of the support and to a metal component; (c) depositing a precursor to said metal component on the surface of the catalyst support; and (d) subjecting the treated catalyst support having said precursor deposited thereon to conditions effective to convert said precursor to the metal component and to cause said phosphorus-containing anchoring material to bond to the surface of the support and to the metal component, thereby reducing sintering of the metal component in comparison to a catalyst produced without step (b), as indicated by an increase in oxygen chemisortption measured after step (d).