A catalytic material includes microporous zeolites supported on a mesoporous
inorganic oxide support. The microporous
zeolite can include
zeolite Beta,
zeolite Y (including “ultra stable Y”—USY),
mordenite,
Zeolite L, ZSM-5, ZSM-11, ZSM-12, ZSM-20, Theta-1, ZSM-23, ZSM-34, ZSM-35, ZSM-48, SSZ-32, PSH-3, MCM-22, MCM-49, MCM-56, ITQ-1, ITQ-2, ITQ-4, ITQ-21, SAPO-5, SAPO-11, SAPO-37, Breck-6, ALPO4-5, etc. The mesoporous
inorganic oxide can be e.g., silica or
silicate. The catalytic material can be further modified by introducing some metals e.g. aluminum,
titanium,
molybdenum,
nickel,
cobalt, iron,
tungsten,
palladium and
platinum. It can be used as catalysts for
acylation,
alkylation, dimerization, oligomerization,
polymerization, hydrogenation,
dehydrogenation,
aromatization,
isomerization, hydrotreating, catalytic
cracking and hydrocracking reactions.