The chemisorption of toluene and of methylcyclohexane on nickel catalysts at atmospheric pressure in the temperature range 365 -485 K has been investigated by gravimetric method as well as infi-ared spectroscopy. The latter indicates that toluene attached to the surface with x-bonding is the most realistic surface compound. The coverage of organic compounds at partial pressures close to 1 kPa was found to be equal to 0.16-0.25. The amount of adsorbed compound increased witb increasing temperature. These observations led to the application of the isotherm which takes into account lateral interactions, as well as the polyatomic nature of adsorption. A good description of experimental data was obtained.