Patent ID: 8350108

Claim:
A method of making C 6+ paraffins comprising: catalytically reacting hydrogen, water and water soluble oxygenated hydrocarbons comprising C 2+ O 2+ hydrocarbons in the presence of a deoxygenation catalyst at a deoxygenation temperature and deoxygenation pressure to produce an oxygenate comprising C 2+ O 1-3 hydrocarbons, wherein the C 2+ O 2+ hydrocarbon comprises a member selected from the group consisting of a sugar alcohol, a sugar, a monosaccharide, a disaccharide, a polysaccharide, a cellulosic derivative, a lignocellulosic derivative, or a mixture of any two or more of the foregoing; catalytically reacting the C 2+ O 1-3 hydrocarbons in the presence of a dehydration catalyst at a dehydration temperature and dehydration pressure to produce a reaction stream comprising C 2+ olefins; and reacting the C 2+ olefins with a stream of C 4+ isoparaffins in the presence of an alkylation catalyst at an alkylation temperature and alkylation pressure to produce a product stream comprising C 6+ paraffins.