Mesoporous material with active metals

A process for treating organic compounds which comprises:

• a) providing a composition which includes a substantially mesoporous structure of silica containing at least 97% by volume of pores having a pore size ranging from about 15 Å to about 300 Å and having a micropore volume of at least about 0.01 cc/g, and wherein the mesoporous structure has incorporated therewith at least about 0.02% by weight of at least one catalytically and/or chemically active heteroatom selected from the group consisting of Al, Ti, V, Cr, Zn, Fe, Sn, Mo, Ga, Ni, Co, In, Zr, Mn, Cu, Mg, Pd, Ru, Pt, W and combinations thereof, said composition has an X-ray diffraction pattern with one peak at 0.3° to about 3.5° at 2 θ;
• b) contacting an organic compound-containing feed under reaction conditions with said composition wherein the treating process is selected from the group consisting of alkylation, acylation, oligomerization, selective oxidation, hydrotreating, isomerization, catalytic dewaxing, hydroxylation, hydrogenation, ammoximation, dehydrogenation, cracking and adsorption.