Abstract: Naphthas are upgraded in a two-stage process to give improved yields of high octane gasoline. The first stage operates at low temperatures of 100.degree.-300.degree. F using a highly active chlorinated alumina containing a metal of the platinum group, while the second stage operates at high temperatures using a reforming catalyst.

Abstract: Process for the alkylation of aromatic hydrocarbons by contacting same with an olefin alkylating agent in a reaction zone maintained under conditions such that said alkylation is accomplished in the presence of a catalyst comprising a crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite, said zeolite having a silica to alumina ratio of at least about 12 and a constraint index, as hereinafter defined, within the approximate range of 1 to 12, said catalyst having been modified by prior thermal treatment to reduce the activity thereof, as determined by an alpha value, as described herein, to less than about 250 and preferably within the range of less than about 200 but greater than 10.

Abstract: This specification discloses a method for carrying out catalytic polystep organic reactions at low temperature. The method is applicable to reactions wherein an initial reactant forms at least one intermediate product in one step of the reaction and an intermediate product forms a desired product in another step of the reaction. One of these steps is catalyzed by an acid group or a basic group and another step is catalyzed by a metal group or a metal compound group. The reaction is carried out by contacting the initial reactant with an ion exchange resin containing chemically bonded thereto as catalytic sites an acid group or a basic group and containing finely dispersed therein as catalytic sites at a distance from the other catalytic sites of the order of molecular dimensions a metal group or a metal compound group.