Hydroalkylation of aromatic hydrocarbons

摘要

There is described a process and a catalyst for the hydroalkylation of an aromatic hydrocarbon, particularly benzene, wherein the catalyst comprises a first metal having hydrogenation activity and a crystalline inorganic oxide material having a X-ray diffraction pattern including the following d-spacing maxima 12.4+/-0.25, 6.9+/-0.15, 3.57+/-0.07 and 3.42+/-0.07.