TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The steps of endothermic gasification reaction and exothermic synthesis gas utilization reaction/carbon-carbon bond-forming reaction with the synthesis gas are performed using one or more catalysts comprises a group VIIIB metal (iron, cobalt, nickel, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium osmium, iridium or platinum). The catalyst is alloyed with, is combined with, or further comprises one or more elements copper, potassium, manganese, lanthanum, rhenium, zinc, silicon, silver, cerium, gadolinium, thorium, zirconium, titanium, chromium, vanadium, lithium, sodium, rubidium, cesium, molybdenum, gold, boron, chlorine and their oxides. The one or more catalyst comprises platinum, ruthenium and/or rhenium, a group VIIIB metal disposed on a support. The support is carbon, aluminum trioxide, magnesium oxide, zirconium dioxide, cerium oxide (all preferred), or oxides of aluminum, cerium, zirconium, and/or magnesium, titanium oxide, silicon dioxide, zirconium titanium oxide of formula (ZrxTiyO2), thorium oxide, Kieselguhr (RTM: Celite), lanthanum trioxide, magnesium chromate, titanium silicon oxide of formula (TixSiyO2), titanium zirconium oxide of formula (TixZryO2), zinc oxide, chromic oxide, manganese oxide, niobium pentoxide, Y-zeolite, ultra stableY (USY)-zeolite, mobile synthetic zeolite (ZSM-5), aluminosilicate (MCM-41) zeolite, MCM-22 zeolite, HZSM-5 zeolite, H-BEA zeolite, HY-zeolite, iron-substituted LTL zeolite, microporous oxide material (ITQ-6), delaminated zeolite, ITQ-2 delaminated zeolite, HMS molecular sieves, montmorillonite, macroporous styrene-divinylbenzene, 4-vinylpyridine-divinylbenzene, anthracene and/or carbonized quinoline. The hydrocarbons are preferably 2-36 carbons linear or branched hydrocarbons.x, y = not defined.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Process: The step of performing endothermic gasification reaction is carried out at preferably less than or equal to550 K. The process comprises: performing the steps of endothermic gasification reaction and exothermic synthesis gas utilization reaction/carbon-carbon bond-forming reaction with the synthesis gas, simultaneously in a single reactor vessel, using only one catalyst bed or more than one catalyst bed; or performing the endothermic gasification reaction before and the exothermic synthesis gas utilization reaction/carbon-carbon bond-forming reaction, and performing both steps sequentially in separate reactor vessels. The synthesis gas is introduced directly into the step of performing exothermic synthesis gas utilization reaction/carbon-carbon bond-forming reaction with the synthesis gas, absent any pre-treatment. Preferred Components: The catalyst bed comprises a mixture of catalysts or a single catalyst dimensioned and configured to catalyze the reactions of both the endothermic gasification reaction and exothermic synthesis gas utilization reaction/carbon-carbon bond-forming reaction with the synthesis gas. The step of performing the endothermic gasification reaction comprises performing the endothermic gasification reaction with the reactant comprises one or more compounds (polysaccharides, monosaccharides or polyols, preferably glycerol). The step of performing the exothermic synthesis gas utilization reaction/carbon-carbon bond-forming reaction with the synthesis gas comprises performing a Fischer-Tropsch reaction. EXAMPLE - Dihydrogenhexachloro platinate (IV) hexahydrate and perrhenic acid on a hydrogen peroxide functionalized UU 60asterisk120 mesh carbon were wet and dried at 100degreesC under vacuum to give carbon supported platinum rhenium catalyst (A). (A) (9.64 g) was loaded in a stainless steel reactor and reduced in flowing hydrogen before reaction. The reactor was heated using an aluminum block heater. Glycerol-in-water (50 wt.%) was fed over (A) at 260degreesC and 600 psig, to give 9-20 carbons hydrocarbons (nonane (1.1506 wt.%), decane (0.6107 wt.%), undecane (0.5298 wt.%), dodecane (0.3329 wt.%), pentadecane (0.2194 wt.%), hexadecane (0.1499 wt.%), heptadecane (0.5248 wt.%), octadecane (0.1241 wt.%) and eicosane (0.0555 wt.%)).