The present invention provides a 
liquid fuel composition comprising a 
distillation fraction of a component having at least one C4+ compound derived from a water-soluble oxygenated 
hydrocarbon prepared by a method comprising:providing water and a water-soluble oxygenated 
hydrocarbon comprising a C1+O1+ 
hydrocarbon in an aqueous 
liquid phase and / or a 
vapor phase;providing H2;catalytically reacting in the liquid and / or 
vapor phase the oxygenated hydrocarbon with the H2 in the presence of a 
deoxygenation catalyst at a 
deoxygenation temperature and 
deoxygenation pressure to produce an 
oxygenate comprising a C1+O1-3 hydrocarbon in a reaction 
stream; andcatalytically 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 C4+ compound,wherein the C4+ compound comprises a member selected from the group consisting of C4+ 
alcohol, C4+ 
ketone, C4+ 
alkane, C4+ 
alkene, C5+ 
cycloalkane, C5+ 
cycloalkene, 
aryl, fused 
aryl, and a mixture thereof;wherein the 
liquid fuel composition is selected from:a 
gasoline composition having an initial 
boiling point in the range of from 15° C. to 70° C. (IP123), a final 
boiling point of at most 230° C. (IP123), a RON in the range of from 85 to 110 (ASTM D2699) and a MON in the range of from 75 to 100 (ASTM D2700);a 
diesel fuel composition having an initial 
boiling point in the range of from 130° C. to 230° C. (IP123), a final boiling point of at most 410° C. (IP123) and a 
cetane number in the range of from 35 to 120 (ASTM D613); anda 
kerosene composition having an initial boiling point in the range of from 80 to 150° C., a final boiling point in the range of from 200 to 320° C. and a 
viscosity at −20° C. in the range of from 0.8 to 10 mm2 / s (ASTM D445).