Dispersed noble metal-containing catalyst for hydrocarbon conversion

A process for preparing a dispersed noble metal-containing catalyst, the process comprising;

• (a) contacting an acidic porous material with at least one metal ion complexed with a ligand in a solvent having dielectric constant in a range of 25-45 to obtain a metal ion exchanged acidic porous material;
• (b) calcining the metal ion exchanged acidic porous material at a temperature of 300-600° C. to obtain a calcined mixture;
• (c) incorporating the calcined mixture with a noble metal to obtain a noble metal loaded acidic porous material;
• (d) drying the noble metal loaded acidic porous material to obtain a dried material;
• (e) extruding 50% w/w to 95% w/w of the dried material with 5% w/w to 50% w/w of a binder material to obtain a extruded catalyst;
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• (f) calcining the extruded catalyst at 250-400° C. under constant air flow to obtain a dispersed noble metal-containing catalyst having dispersion of over 90%,
• wherein the acidic porous material comprises a zeolite.