Uniformly metal dispersed ACFs were prepared by mixing organometallic compounds with THF and pitch. The solvent was removed from this mixture and then pitch was spun, stabilized, carbonized and activated. The specific surface areas and pore size distributions of prepared ACFs and DeSO(x) catalytic reactivities were determined. The mesopores of ACF were developed by the addition of Co, Ni, Mn. The DeSO(x) catalytic reactivity of Ni, Pd, Co, V and Cr dispersed ACFs demonstrated much higher continuous reaction conversion than reference pitch-ACF. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.