Hydrocracking catalyst, its method of making, and method of use

A method of producing a hydrocracking active cracking support comprising

• providing an acidified zeolite suspension comprising a zeolite framework;
• introducing a titanium compound to the acidified zeolite suspension to isomorphically substitute titanium via 4-coordination onto the zeolite framework, thereby producing a titanium substituted zeolite framework;
• and
• then introducing a zirconium compound to the titanium substituted zeolite framework to
• graft a portion of the zirconium atoms onto the zeolite framework via 5-coordination, and
• isomorphically substitute a portion of the zirconium atoms via 4-coordination onto the zeolite framework, thereby producing the hydrocracking active cracking support, wherein a time interval between the introduction of the titanium compound and the introduction of the zirconium compound is at least 0.5 hours.

A method of hydrocracking a hydrocarbon feed, the method comprising contacting the hydrocarbon feed with hydrogen and a hydrocracking catalyst under hydrocracking conditions;

• wherein the hydrocracking catalyst comprises an active cracking support;
• the active cracking support comprises a post-modified zeolite framework having zirconium atoms and titanium atoms substituting for aluminum atoms;
• wherein
• the post-modified zeolite has an ultra-stable Y (USY) framework structure;
• a portion of the zirconium atoms are grafted to the post-modified zeolite framework via 5-coordination;
• a portion of the zirconium atoms are 4-coordinated in the post-modified zeolite framework;
• and
• the titanium atoms are 4-coordinated in post-modified zeolite framework.