TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Process: The process further involves recycling the side stripper overhead stream to the combined stabilizer and naphtha splitter. The combined stabilizer and naphtha splitter is operated at 38-121 degrees C (100-250 degrees F) and 70-1379kPa(g) (10-200 psig). The side stripper is operated at 25-250 degrees C and 345-1034 kPa(g) (50-150 psig). The side stripper is operated at 250-325 degrees C and 345-1034 kPa(g) (50-150 psig). The bottoms stream comprising 7C+ is heat exchanged with at least the reforming zone effluent. The process further involves in the hydrogenation zone introducing hydrogen and the side stripper bottoms stream to a hydrogenation reactor containing a hydrogenation catalyst. The process further involves in the hydrogenation zone, mixing hydrogen and the side stripper bottoms stream to form a combined stream, and introducing the combined stream to a hydrogenation reactor containing a hydrogenation catalyst. The process further involves in the hydrogenation zone: h) mixing hydrogen and the side stripper bottoms stream to form a combined stream; i) introducing the combined stream to a hydrogenation reactor containing a hydrogenation catalyst to generate a hydrogenation reactor effluent; j) separating the hydrogenation reactor effluent in a separator to remove hydrogen and generate a separator bottoms stream; k) introducing at least a portion of the separator bottoms stream to a hydrogenation zone stabilizer to remove hydrogen, and 4C-compounds and generate the hydrogenation zone effluent reduced in benzene. The process further involves heat exchanging the hydrogenation reactor effluent with the combined stream. The process further involves heat exchanging the hydrogenation zone effluent with the separator bottoms stream. The hydrogenation reactor is operated at 38-232 degrees C (100-450 degrees F), pressures of 1400-4800 kPa(g) (200-700 psig), an inlet hydrogen to hydrocarbon ratio in the range of 0.1-2. Preferred Components: The side stripper bottoms stream comprises benzene (at least 30, preferably at least 40, especially at least 45 wt.%). EXAMPLE - No suitable example is given.