| abstract |
Alkyl aromatic compounds are prepared by alkylating an alkylatable aromatic compound with a paraffin alkylating agent under alkylation reaction conditions in the presence of catalyst comprising 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. |