| abstract |
Relatively short chain alkyl aromatic compounds are prepared by alkylating an alkylatable aromatic compound with a relatively short chain alkylating agent under alkylation reaction conditions in the presence of catalyst comprising a synthetic porous crystalline material characterized by an X-ray diffraction pattern including interplanar d-spacings at 12.36+/-0.4, 11.03+/-0.2, 8.83+/-0.14, 6.18+/-0.12, 6.00+/-0.10, 4.06+/-0.07, 3.91+/-0.07 and 3.42+/-0.06 Angstroms. |