Patent ID: 7964526

Claim:
A process to prepare a multi-metallic catalyst composition for hydrotreating a hydrocarbon feed by sulfiding a hydroxide catalyst precursor, the method comprising: providing at least a Group VIB metal precursor M VIB and at least promoter metal precursor M P , the promoter metal precursor M P is selected from the group of Group VIII, Group IIB, Group IIA, Group IVA and combinations thereof; combining the at least a Group VIB and the at least a promoter metal precursor to form a catalyst precursor precipitate as a hydroxide; separating the catalyst precursor precipitate from the liquid solution forming a filter cake; treating the filter cake with at least a ligating agent to form a ligated catalyst precursor; drying and shaping the ligated catalyst precursor, forming a shaped catalyst precursor; and sulfiding the shaped catalyst precursor forming the bulk multi-metallic catalyst; wherein the steps before sulfiding are carried out at a temperature of 200° C. or less and wherein the catalyst precursor remains a hydroxide before sulfiding.