Abstract: The present invention concerns a heterogeneous catalyst particularly suited to the metathetic reactions of olefins in liquid or gas phase. Such a catalyst generally includes catalytically active species of tungsten on an inorganic support. The catalyst in accordance with the invention is prepared by vaporizing a precursor of tungsten, such as tungsten oxychloride or hexachloride and then routing the vapor of the tungsten-containing reagent into a reaction space, where the vapor is brought to interaction with the support material at approximately 160.degree. to 500.degree. C. The vapor pressure of the tungsten-containing reagent is kept sufficiently high, and the duration of interaction with the support sufficiently long, to keep the amount of the reagent at least equal to the number of available bonding sites of the support, whereby the bonding of the tungsten-containing reagent to the support surface is determined by the surface properties of the support.

Abstract: A process to produce a polyethylene composition that has less than 2 weight percent fines, based on the weight of said polyethylene composition, and a fluff bulk density greater than 25 pounds per cubic foot, said process comprising polymerizing ethylene in the presence of a trialkylaluminum compound, and a diluent that is essentially saturated with ethylene under slurry polymerization conditions that comprise a polymerization temperature from 104.degree. C. to 116.degree. C., with an activated catalyst system comprising (a) a catalyst support that comprises a silica compound, wherein said catalyst support has a pore volume less than 2 cubic centimeters per gram, (b) a catalyst that comprises a chromium compound, wherein the amount of chromium in said catalyst system is from about 0.1 to about 20 weight percent, wherein said weight percent is based on the total weight of said catalyst and catalyst support, and (c) a fluorine compound, wherein the amount of fluorine used is from about 0.

Abstract: A novel Phillips catalyst for the homopolymerization of ethylene and the copolymerization of ethylene with .alpha.-olefins contains, as a catalytically active component, a chromium catalyst supported on a finely divided aluminum silicate gel, modified with a fluoride and activated in an oxidizing atmosphere at elevated temperatures. The finely divided aluminum silicate gel (carrier gel) used here has an alumina content of from 0.5 to 6% by weight, the alumina being concentrated in the surface region of the carrier gel particles. The novel Phillips catalyst has high productivity and gives high molecular weight ethylene homopolymers and copolymers which have excellent low temperature impact strength and do not tend to swell in the blow molding process on emergence from the extruder die.

Abstract: Process for the manufacture of hydrogen peroxide by alkylanthraquinone oxidation (AO process) in which the hydrogenation stage of the alkylanthraquinones is carried out in the presence of a catalyst containing palladium supported on alumina granules which have been subjected to a halogenation treatment prior to fixing the palladium.

Abstract: In a novel process for the preparation of a supported catalyst for the polymerization of .alpha.-olefins, a carrier gel (1) is first prepared by a method in which a sodium or potassium waterglass solution is introduced into a stream of an aqueous mineral acid which is subjected to angular momentum and may contain aluminum ions, longitudinally and tangentially to the stream, the resulting silica hydrosol sprayed in the form of drops into a gaseous medium and allowed to solidify into a hydrogel, and the resulting hydrogel is freed from salts by washing without prior aging and, if necessary, freed from some of the water by extraction with alcohols and/or ketones and is then dried. This gives the carrier gel (1), which is milled and is fractionated according to particle size. In a second process step, the carrier gel (1) is laden with chromium trioxide or with a chromium compound which can be converted into chromium trioxide, after which the resulting chromium-containing carrier gel (2) is heated at from 400.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a polymerization catalyst of olefins, said catalyst containing an active chromium compound on an inorganic support. The catalyst in accordance with the invention is prepared by vaporizing a precursor of chromium oxide such as chromyl chloride and allowing the chromium oxide vapor to react with the surface of, e.g., silica gel support material at 160.degree. . . . 500.degree. C. A selective binding of the chromium oxide to the support material is achieved by keeping the vapor pressure sufficiently high and the duration of interaction with the support sufficiently long so as to maintain an excess of the chromium compound in relation to the number of available binding sites on the support material. The activity of a catalyst in accordance with the invention even with a very low content of catalytic metal is as high as the activity of a catalyst of an appreciably higher metal content that has been prepared by the methods of the conventional technology.

Abstract: An ethylene polymerization catalyst system is provided. This catalyst system is produced by the process comprising forming an activated and reduced composition that is substantially free of titania and that comprises a fluorine compound, a chromium compound, and a catalyst support that consists essentially of silica.An ethylene polymerization process is provided. This process uses the ethylene polymerization catalyst system above. This catalyst system is contacted with ethylene, in the presence of hydrogen and trialkylaluminum, under polymerization conditions, to produce a polyethylene resin.

Abstract: Cyclic olefin metathesis polymerization catalyst comprising metal compounds wherein said metals consist essentially of a minor amount of a transition metal which Will initiate ring-opening metathesis polymerization of a cyclic olefin and a major amount of at least one second metal which will propagate the polymerization, wherein said catalyst is essentially devoid of pyrophoric metal compounds, e.g. metal alkyls, and preformed metal carbenes. A preferred transition metal is ruthenium. Said second metal can comprise aluminum, copper, hafnium, iron (III), iridium, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, niobium, rhenium, rhodium, tantalum, titanium, tungsten, yttrium, a Lanthanide, zinc or zirconium or a mixture thereof. Using such catalyst cyclic olefin, e.g. norbornene derivatives, can be polymerized, e.g. in an extruder, even in the presence of water.

Abstract: High surface are aluminas are pre-calcined to form gamma-alumina. In one embodiment, the gamma-alumina is treated with an anhydrous solution of a fluorine-containing compound. In a second embodiment, alumina is precipitated in the pores of the gamma-alumina and then treated with a fluorine-containing compound. In a third embodiment a cogel of aluminum trifluoride and aluminum hydroxide is prepared. The three inventive fluorided alumina supports can be impregnated with a transition metal, preferably chromium, to form a catalyst system which can be used to polymerize mono-1-olefins.

Abstract: High surface are aluminas are pre-calcined to form gamma-alumina. In one embodiment, the gamma-alumina is treated with an anhydrous solution of a fluorine-containing compound. In a second embodiment, alumina is precipitated in the pores of the gamma-alumina and then treated with a fluorine-containing compound. In a third embodiment a cogel of aluminum trifluoride and aluminum hydroxide is prepared. The three inventive fluorided alumina supports can be impregnated with a transition metal, preferably chromium, to form a catalyst system which can be used to polymerize mono-1-olefins.

Abstract: High surface are aluminas are pre-calcined to form gamma-alumina. In one embodiment, the gamma-alumina is treated with an anhydrous solution of a fluorine-containing compound. In a second embodiment, alumina is precipitated in the pores of the gamma-alumina and then treated with a fluorine-containing compound. In a third embodiment a cogel of aluminum trifluoride and aluminum hydroxide is prepared. The three inventive fluorided alumina supports can be impregnated with a transition metal, preferably chromium, to form a catalyst system which can be used to polymerize mono-1-olefins.

Abstract: High surface are aluminas are pre-calcined to form gamma-alumina. In one embodiment, the gamma-alumina is treated with an anhydrous solution of a fluorine-containing compound. In a second embodiment, alumina is precipitated in the pores of the gamma-alumina and then treated with a fluorine-containing compound. In a third embodiment a cogel of aluminum trifluoride and aluminum hydroxide is prepared. The three inventive fluorided alumina supports can be impregnated with a transition metal, preferably chromium, to form a catalyst system which can be used to polymerize mono-1-olefins.

Abstract: High surface are aluminas are pre-calcined to form gamma-alumina. In one embodiment, the gamma-alumina is treated with an anhydrous solution of a fluorine-containing compound. In a second embodiment, alumina is precipitated in the pores of the gamma-alumina and then treated with a fluorine-containing compound. In a third embodiment a cogel of aluminum trifluoride and aluminum hydroxide is prepared. The three inventive fluorided alumina supports can be impregnated with a transition metal, preferably chromium, to form a catalyst system which can be used to polymerize mono-1-olefins.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for industrially and advantageous production of methacrolein and methacrylic acid which comprises subjecting isobutylene or tert-butanol to gas phase catalytic oxidation with a molecular oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst having the composition represented by the following formula:Mo.sub.a W.sub.b Bi.sub.c Fe.sub.d Sb.sub.e Cr.sub.f Si.sub.g A.sub.h X.sub.i Y.sub.j Z.sub.k O.sub.

Abstract: A novel, high porosity, high surface area catalyst is disclosed which is useful in wax isomerization processes, especially for the production of high viscosity index, low pour point lubricating oil base stocks or blending stocks. The catalyst contains a catalytically active metal component selected from the group consisting of Group VIB and Group VIII metals, and mixtures thereof, preferably Group VIII metals, and mixtures thereof, more preferably noble Group VIII metals and mixtures thereof, most preferably platinum which catalytically active metal component is present in the range of about 0.01 to 5.0 wt. %, and a fluorine content in the range of about 0.01 to about 10.0. The catalyst employs a refractory metal oxide support material, one preferably predominantly (i.e., at least 50 wt. %) alumina, most preferably completely alumina, e.g., gamma or eta alumina. The finished catalyst has a porosity, expressed in terms of pore volume, of at least about 0.

Abstract: A catalyst, and method of preparing and using a catalyst, for the hydrodesulfurization of metal-containing heavy feedstocks, which has improved catalytic activity. The catalyst contains Group VIB and Group VIII metals or metal compounds on a support comprising alumina wherein the support has 70 volume percent of its pore volume in pores having a diameter of between 70 and 130 .ANG..

Abstract: High surface aluminas are pre-calcined to form gamma-alumina. In one embodiment, the gamma-alumina is treated with an anhydrous solution of a fluorine-containing compound. In a second embodiment, alumina is precipitated in the pores of the gamma-alumina and then treated with a fluorine-containing compound. In a third embodiment a cogel of aluminum trifluoride and aluminum hydroxide is prepared. The three inventive fluorided alumina supports can be impregnated with a transition metal, preferably chromium, to form a catalyst system which can be used to polymerize mono-1-olefins.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel catalyst and process for producing various chlorofluorocarbons, hydrochlorofluorocarbons and hydrofluorocarbons said catalyst prepared by co-extruding aluminum/chromium oxide and optionally impregnating the aluminum/chromium oxide support with a metal salt. The chlorofluorocarbons, hydrochlorofluorocarbons and hydrofluorocarbons, i.e., e.g., 1,1-dichloro-2,2,2-trifluoroethane, produced using the catalyst of the invention are useful in a variety of industrial applications including blowing agent, refrigerant, sterilant gas and solvent applications.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation and activation of a catalyst, comprising a stage of fabricating a support consisting at least in part of at least one refractory oxide mineral, a stage of depositing on the support at least one metal from the platinum group, and a stage intended for forming on the support at least two metal halides of the Lewis acid type. Between the deposition of the metal halides of the Lewis acid type and the utilization of the catalyst in the reactor, the catalyst is subjected to an activation stage by being maintained in an acidic and nonoxidizing or reducing medium at a temperature between 300.degree. and 475.degree. C. so that its final content of a promoter metal of the zirconium, molybdenum tungsten or titanium type ranges from 0.15 to 1 percent, based on the weight of the support.

Abstract: A catalyst and process for the polymerization of cyclic olefins, such as dicyclopentadiene, are disclosed. The catalyst comprises the reaction product of a transition metal halide and a biphenol. Polymerization can be carried out in a reaction injection molding process to prepare a thermoset molded article.

Abstract: The present invention discloses two polyoxoanion supported metal complexes found to be useful in olefin hydrogenation. The complexes are novel compositions of matter which are soluble in organic solvents. In particular, the compositions of matter comprise A.sub.x [L.sub.n Ir.sup.(I) .multidot.X.sub.2 M.sub.15 M'.sub.3 O.sub.62 ].sup.x- and A.sub.y [L.sub.n Ir.sup.(I) .multidot.X.sub.2 M.sub.9 M'.sub.3 O.sub.40 ].sup.y- where L is a ligand preferably chosen from 1,5-cyclooctadiene (COD), ethylene, cyclooctene, norbornadiene and other olefinic ligands; n=1 or 2 depending upon the number of double bonds present in the ligand L; X is a "hetero" atom chosen from B, Si, Ge, P, As, Se, Te, I, Co, Mn and Cu; M is either W or Mo; M' is preferably Nb or V but Ti, Zr, Ta, Hf are also useful; and A is a countercation preferably selected from tetrabutyl ammonium and alkali metal ions.

Abstract: There is provided a process for the partial oxidation of a polymethylbenzene to the corresponding aromatic polycarboxylic acid, which process comprises contacting in a reaction zone said polymethylbenzene with molecular oxygen in the presence of an oxidation catalyst comprising at least one heavy-metal compound, said heavy-metal compound being acetate free, a source of bromine, and a non-metal acetate compound, the concentration of acetate in the reaction zone being employed to control the rate of oxidation and the selectivity of oxidation.There is also provided the catalyst that is employed in the process.

Abstract: Sodium-free olefin polymerization catalysts having high polymerization activities and methods of preparing such catalysts are provided. A hydrolyzable silicate ester and a hydrolyzable acid-generating chromium compound are combined with water and an organic solvent whereby a hydrolysis reaction solution is formed comprising silica and chromium. Sufficient acid-neutralizing gelling agent is added to the solution to form a gelled silica-chromium catalyst and the catalyst is aged to stabilize its structure. Water and solvent are removed from the catalyst and the catalyst is activated.

Abstract: Presulfurization of a catalyst used, e.g., for hydrocarbon conversion, wherein a polysulfide is employed as the sulfurization agent. In the first stage of the presulfurization, phosphorous, a halogen, or compounds thereof are introduced.

Abstract: A hydrotreating catalyst is described which comprises at least one Group VI metal, metal oxide, or metal sulfide, and at least one Group VIII metal, metal oxide, or metal sulfide, supported on a carrier wherein (A) the catalyst comprises from about 10% to about 35% by weight of combined metal, and the atomic ratio of the Group VIII metal to Group VI metal is in the range of from about 0.5:1 to about 2:1; (B) the carrier comprises from about 0.5 to about 10 weight percent of halogen, from about 0.5 to about 5% by weight of silica and from about 85 to about 99% of alumina; and (C) the catalyst is characterized as having a median pore radius of from about 30 to about 65 Angstroms, and a surface area of from about 120 to about 180 m.sup.2 /g. Also described are novel and improved procedures for preparing the carrier or support used to prepare the catalysts.

Abstract: A hydrotreating catalyst is described which comprises at least one Group VI metal, metal oxide, or metal sulfide, at least one Group VIII metal, metal oxide, or metal sulfide, and a halogen supported on a carrier wherein(A) the catalyst comprises from about 10% to about 35% by weight of combined metal and the atomic ratio of the Group VIII metal to Group VI metal is in the range of from about 0.5:1 to about 2:1;(B) the catalyst contains from about 0.5 to about 10% by weight of halogen;(C) the carrier comprises from about 10 to about 50% by weight of silica and from about 40 to about 90% of alumina; and(D) the catalyst is characterized as having a median pore radius of from about 20 to about 90 Angstroms, and a surface area of from about 90 to about 230 m.sup.2 /g.The catalyst is useful in the production of lubricating oils from crude lubricating oil stocks.

Abstract: Hydrocracking catalysts are disclosed which comprise specified amounts of selected inorganic oxides and specified amounts of selected metal components carried thereon. The carrier is essentially derived from solid-phase modification with specified amounts of a selected class of fluorine compounds. Mineral oils are selectively processable with high catalytic activity and at maximum yield.

Abstract: A novel catalyst is prepared by codepositing hexavalent chromium oxide and a transition metal compound, preferably titanium trichloride, on alumina, followed by fluorinating the resulting combination. The catalyst is useful in the fluorination of a haloethylene of the formula CX.sub.2 .dbd.CHX (where the X's are chlorine or bromine or a combination of the two) in the vapor phase to form 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane.

Abstract: The additional of redox-active metal components and ligands, alternatively or simultaneously, results in increased conversion and selectivity in the palladium-catalyzed oxidation of olefins to carbonyl products in the presence of polyoxoanions. In preferred modes, heteropolyoxoanions and Isopolyoxoanions containing tungsten, molybdenum and vanadium, individually or in combination, are described. The use of copper as the redox-active metal component shows reduced allylic reactivity. The elimination of chloride from the catalyst system provides substantial engineering advantages over the prior art, particularly, the reduction of corrosion and chloro-organic by-product formation. The use of redox-active metal components and/or ligands makes the palladium-polyoxoanion catalyst system industrially practicable.

Abstract: Chlorotrifluoromethylbenzene is prepared with a good yield by reacting chlorotoluene, hydrogen fluoride and chlorine in a gaseous phase in the presence of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of .alpha.-aluminum fluoride, .alpha.-aluminum fluoride carrying one or more salts of iron, bismuth, tin and lead, and chromium(III) oxide or partially fluorinated chromium(III) oxide carrying alkali metal fluoride.

Abstract: A catalyst useful for reforming a naphtha feed at reforming conditions which comprises an iridium component dispersed throughout and bound within an alumina support matrix, a platinum component dispersed upon said iridium-containing alumina support, and halogen. In all of its aspects, the iridium component will remain in its dispersed state, without significant agglomeration, when subjected to temperature in the presence of oxygen for extended periods sufficient to agglomerate presently known halogenated platinum-iridium catalysts. This catalyst is prepared in an initial step by dispersing the iridium within the alumina matrix, and then calcining the iridium-containing alumina at high temperature to bind the iridium within the alumina support matrix. The platinum, or platinum and additional metal promoters, especially rhenium, is then impregnated upon the iridium-alumina support.

Abstract: What is described is a process for preparing a more effective catalyst for the vapor-phase reaction of 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane with anhydrous hydrogen fluoride to produce 3,3,3-triflurorpropene-1. The process comprises (A) mechanically mixing, in the absence of water, of (i) aluminum fluoride which has been prepared at temperatures less than about 400.degree. C. and (ii) a transition metal compound, the transition metal compound being selected from a group consisting of compounds of cobalt, chromium, iron, manganese, nickel, titanium, and vanadium; and (B) contacting the mechanical mixture with sufficient anhydrous HF to convert the transition metal compound to a transition metal fluoride. Also described is the catalyst. Additionally, a process for the preparation of 3,3,3-trifluoropropene-1 in which the catalyst is utilized is described.

Abstract: The addition of redox-active metal components and ligands, alternatively or simultaneously, results in increased conversion and selectivity in the palladium-catalyzed oxidation of olefins to carbonyl products in the presence of polyoxoanions. In preferred modes, heteropolyoxoanions and isopolyoxoanions containing tungsten, molybdenum and vanadium, individually or in combination, are described. The use of copper as the redox-active metal component shows reduced allylic reactivity. The elimination of chloride from the catalyst system provides substantial engineering advantages over the prior art, particularly, the reduction of corrosion and chloro-organic by-product formation. The use of redox-active metal components and/or ligands makes the palladium-polyoxoanion catalyst system industrially practicable.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a process for in situ fluorinating a catalyst by passing a gas containing hydrogen through a catalyst bed, injecting a gaseous organic fluorine compound into the gas and recycling the gas at such a low temperature and during such a long period that more than 50% of the fluorine compound is physically adsorbed on the catalyst, and then increasing the temperature of the bed so as to finish the in situ fluorination.

Abstract: Olefins are converted into other olefins having different numbers of carbon atoms by contact with a catalyst comprising an inorganic refractory oxide support containing at least one of tungsten oxide and molybdenum oxide and a promoting amount of at least one methylating agent under conditions suitable for the methylating agent compounds to promote the activity of tungsten and molybdenum oxides for the disproportionation reaction.

Abstract: A non-aqueous method of preparing an improved silica supported hydrotreating catalyst by reacting a mixture of Mo(Cl).sub.5 and Ni(H.sub.2 O.sub.6)Cl.sub.2 and/or Co(H.sub.2 O).sub.6 Cl.sub.2 in the presence of acetonitrile and impregnating a dried silica support with said mixture. The impregnated support is dried and sulfided before it is used in a hydrotreating process.

Abstract: Olefins are converted into other olefins having different numbers of carbon atoms by contact with a catalyst comprising an inorganic refractory material containing at least one of tungsten oxide and molybdenum oxide and a promoting amount of at least one treating agent selected from chlorinated silicon compounds, thionyl chloride, and sulfuryl chloride under conditions suitable for the treating agent to promote the activity of tungsten and molybdenum oxides for the disproportionation reaction.

Abstract: A process is specified for preparing a chromium- and magnesium-containing catalyst for fluorination reactions by precipitating chromium(III) hydroxide. In this process, 1 mole of a water-soluble chromium(III) salt is reacted with at least 1.5 moles of magnesium hydroxide or magnesium oxide in the presence of water, and the reaction mixture--if necessary by evaporation--is converted into a paste which contains chromium(III) hydroxide and a magnesium salt. The paste is dried and treated with hydrogen fluoride at temperatures of 20.degree. to 500.degree. C.

Abstract: A liquid-phase catalyst is represented by the formula X:T:Z:Q, wherein X is molybdenum, tungsten or chromium, T is nickel, X and T being in zero valent form or in the form of a halide, an oxide, a carboxylate of 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a carbonyl or an hydride; Z is a halide source which is hydrogen halide, halogen, or an alkyl halide wherein the alkyl group contains 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and Q is the alkali metal component and is in the form of an iodide, a bromide, a chloride or a carboxylate as defined for X and T, the molar ratio of X to T being 0.1-10:1, the molar ratio of X+T to Q being 0.1-10:1, and the molar ratio of Z to X+T being 0.01-0.1:1.

Abstract: Olefins are converted into other olefins having different numbers of carbon atoms by contact with a catalyst produced by combining a metal, such as tungsten or a tungsten compound, with a halosilane by adding either water or silica to the suspension of metal and halosilane and then heating to activate the catalyst.

Abstract: A hydrocarbon conversion catalyst is disclosed which catalyst comprises a refractory inorganic oxide, a Group VIB metal component, a Group VIII metal component and a fluoride component wherein the last step in the catalyst preparation is the incorporation of the fluorine component and a subsequent calcination in contact with a flowing gas. Other embodiments of the present invention describe the use of the catalyst for hydrocarbon conversion and preferred methods of catalyst manufacture.

Abstract: This invention relates to a novel catalyst for reforming gasoline comprising a low valence titanium, vanadium and/or chromium metallic component composited with a non-oxidizing high surface area support. The low valence metallic component is present in divalent form or as a combination of the metallic state and the divalent form - preferably as a chloride and/or bromide. The preferred support is a high surface area coke.

Abstract: A catalyst composition useful in preparing 3,3,3-trifluoropropene by the reaction of hydrogen fluoride gas with a halogenated hydrocarbon is provided. A novel catalyst is prepared by simultaneous fluorination of chromium and aluminum oxides. This or conventional chromium oxyfluoride compounds may additionally be activated by contact with chlorine or pentachloroethane. A process for the preparation of 3,3,3-trifluoropropene is also contemplated.

Abstract: A process is provided for the hydrocracking of a hydrocarbon charge stock which comprises reacting the charge stock with hydrogen at hydrocracking conversion conditions in contact with a catalytic composite comprising a combination of a Group VIB metal component, Group VIII metal component, and a fluorine component present in an amount ranging from 1 to 3 wt. %, on an elemental basis, based on the composite, with a silica-thoria carrier material wherein the carrier is cogelled silica-thoria consisting of from about 25% to about 99% by weight silica and from 1% to about 75% by weight thoria.A hydrocracking catalyst is also provided which comprises a combination of a nickel component, a tungsten component, and a fluorine component with a silica-thoria carrier material. The nickel, tungsten, and fluorine components are present in amounts sufficient to result in the composite containing, on an elemental basis, about 0.5 to about 2 wt. % of the nickel component, about 0.5 to about 14 wt.

Abstract: A silica composition is calcined at a temperature high enough to remove some but not all of the hydroxyl content. Generally temperatures of at least 400.degree. C. are required and temperatures above 1000.degree. C. are undesirable, the most preferred temperature being about 600.degree.-800.degree. C. The thus calcined silica is then treated with chromyl chloride at an elevated temperature and finally given a treatment in a carbon monoxide ambient. While the final composition contains chlorine which is normally considered a catalyst poison, the material is surprisingly active as an olefin polymerization catalyst.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new process for the direct conversion of natural gas or methane into gasoline-range hydrocarbons (i.e., synthetic transportation fuels or lower olefins) via catalytic condensation using superacid catalysts.

Abstract: Highly aromatic hydrocarbon feedstocks are converted to jet fuel or diesel fuel using a sulfided, halogen promoted Group VIB - Group VIII metal on an alumina-containing support. The preferred catalyst is a presulfided, fluorine-promoted nickel-tungsten on silica-alumina catalyst wherein the nickel is present in amounts of between 18 and 22 weight percent based on the total catalyst weight.

Abstract: A hydrocarbon conversion catalyst system comprising a mixture of a first catalyst containing a noble metal component deposed on a refractory inorganic oxide and a second catalyst containing a non-noble metal component deposed on a support containing a refractory inorganic oxide and a crystalline aluminosilicate material, and a reforming method employing such catalyst system are disclosed.