Patent ID: 8604261

Claim:
A process comprising the steps of: (a) providing a biomass-derived feedstream comprising hydrocarbon diols that contain five or six carbon atoms; (b) contacting the feedstream of step (a) with a first catalyst in a reactor, wherein the contacting results in an acidic condensation reaction that converts a least a portion of the feedstream to condensation products, wherein said condensation products comprise at least 10 carbon atoms and at least one ether functional group; (c) reducing at least a portion of the remaining hydroxyl groups on the condensation products from step (b) by combining the condensation products with a second catalyst in the presence of hydrogen to produce water and a liquid hydrocarbon mixture suitable for use as an additive for a liquid hydrocarbon fuel, wherein the liquid hydrocarbon mixture has increased miscibility in liquid hydrocarbon fuels as a result of step c).