Crystalline chromosilicates and process of preparation

Abstract

There are provided crystalline chromosilicates, their methods of preparation, and process uses. A first crystalline chromosilicate comprises a molecular sieve material providing a specific X-ray diffraction pattern and having the following composition in terms of mole ratios of oxides: 0.9.+-.0.2 [WR.sub.2 O+(1-W)M.sub.2/n O]: Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3 : YSiO.sub.2 : ZH.sub.2 O, wherein R is an alkylammonium cation, M is at least one cation having a valence of n, Y is a value within the range of about 4 to about 500, Z is a value within the range of about 0 to about 160, and W is a value that is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1. A second crystalline chromosilicate comprises a molecular sieve material providing a specific X-ray diffraction pattern and having the following composition in terms of mole ratios of oxides: 0.9.+-.0.2 M.sub.2/n O: Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3 : YSiO.sub.2 : ZH.sub.2 O, wherein M is at least one cation having a valence of n, Y is within the range of about 4 to about 500, and Z is within the range of about 0 to about 160. The first crystalline chromosilicate is a precursor of the second. There is provided also a process for the conversion of a hydrocarbon stream, which process comprises contacting said stream under hydrocarbon conversion conditions with a catalyst comprising the second crystalline chromosilicate. In addition, there is provided a process for the isomerization of a xylene feed, which process comprises contacting said feed under isomerization conditions with a catalyst comprising the second crystalline chromosilicate.

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