Patent ID: 8017818

Claim:
A method of making a C 4+ compound comprising: providing water and a water soluble oxygenated hydrocarbon comprising a C 1+ O 1+ hydrocarbon in an aqueous liquid phase and/or a vapor phase, providing H 2 , catalytically reacting in the liquid and/or vapor phase the oxygenated hydrocarbon with the H 2 in the presence of a deoxygenation catalyst at a deoxygenation temperature and deoxygenation pressure to produce an oxygenate comprising a C 1+ O 1-3 hydrocarbon in a reaction stream, and catalytically reacting in the liquid and/or vapor phase the oxygenate in the presence of a condensation catalyst at a condensation temperature and condensation pressure to produce the C 4+ compound, wherein the C 4+ compound comprises a member selected from the group consisting of C 4+ alcohol, C 4+ ketone, C 4+ alkane, C 4+ alkene, C 5+ cycloalkane, C 5+ cycloalkene, aryl, fused aryl, and a mixture thereof.