NOVELTY - Producing hydrocarbons, involves: reacting a mixture of 2-6C oxygenates with a condensation catalyst to produce a mixture of hydrocarbons comprising 4C+ alkanes and aryls. The mixture of oxygenates comprises 2-6C monoxygenates, 2-6C dioxygenates and/or 2-6C polyoxygenates. The mixture of oxygenates has a H:C(eff) ratio of greater than or equal to 0.5 and less than or equal to 1.7. The mixture of hydrocarbons comprises greater than or equal to 50% CF aryls and less than or equal to 20% CF 4C+ alkanes.    USE - For producing hydrocarbons (claimed) useful as aromatic chemicals and liquid fuels.    ADVANTAGE - The method produces in high yield aromatic chemicals and liquid fuels from a mixture of oxygenates comprising di- and polyoxygenates. The methods prepare biomass-derived chemicals and fuels with a high yield of aromatic molecules and a low yield of alkanes. The methods make a mixture of oxygenates from biomass that react in the presence of a condensation catalyst to produce chemicals and fuels with a high yield of aromatic molecules and a low yield of alkanes. The method provides catalysts useful in the production of the mixture of oxygenates capable of being reacted to produce a high yield of aromatic molecules and a low yield of alkanes. The methods produce a low yield of coke when making aromatic molecules. The method makes biomass-derived chemicals and fuels with a high yield of aromatic molecules and a low yield of alkanes and coke. The method allows for the production of a mixture of hydrocarbons having greater than or equal to 50% aromatic molecules, while also having less than or equal to 20% alkanes.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for producing oxygenated compounds from oxygenated hydrocarbons, involving: reacting an aqueous feedstock comprising water and at least one oxygenated hydrocarbon selected from monosaccharides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides, polysaccharides, sugar alcohols, sugar degradation products, cellulosic derivatives, hemiceullosic derivatives, lignin derivatives, and/or lingocellulosic derivatives, with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst comprising a Group VIII metal and a crystalline alumina support to produce a mixture of oxygenates, where the H:C(eff) ratio of the mixture of oxygenates is greater than or equal to 0.5 and less than or equal to 1.7.