TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Processes: Metals are coprecipitated or impregnated on HT, La2O3, TiO2, and/or MgO; HT, La2O3, TiO2, and/or MgO are coprecipitated or impregnated on carbon to form support, and metals are coprecipitated or impregnated on the support; or HT, La2O3, TiO2, and/or MgO are mixed with carbon to form a support, and metals are coprecipitated or impregnated on the support. Preferred Components: The metals are Pd, Cu, Ni, Zn, Ru, Co, Pt, rhodium (Rh), rhenium (Re), iridium (Ir), and/or iron (Fe). The catalyst further contains zeolite. The base is potassium phosphate (K3PO4), potassium hydroxide (KOH), barium hydroxide (Ba(OH)2.8H2O), potassium carbonate (K2CO3), potassium acetate (KOAc), monopotassium phosphate (KH2PO4), disodium phosphate (Na2HPO4), pyridine, and/or triethylamine (Et3N). Metal catalyst contains greater than or equal to 1 metals and optionally a support. The catalyst support is hydrotalcite, single component metal oxides, alkaline earth oxides, alkali metal oxides, rare earth oxides, thorium oxide (ThO2), MgO, Na-doped MgO, SrO, BaO, CaO, ZnO, La2O3, TiO2, zirconium dioxide (ZrO2), Al2O3, hydroxyapatite, fluorapatite, tert.-butoxyapatite, sepiolite, basic zeolites, alkali ion-exchanged zeolites, alkali ion-added zeolites, Pd/NaY zeolite, Pd/NH4 beta -zeolite, supported alkali metal ions, alkali metal ions on alumina, alkali metal ions on silica, alkali metal on alkaline earth oxide, alkali metals and alkali metal hydroxides on alumina, metal/SiO2, Na/SiO2, Pd/Na/SiO2, Na/Ca/SiO2, Na/Ca/SiO2, cesium (Cs)/SiO2, metal-supported zeolite, potassium oxide supported on zeolite Y, synthetic chrysotiles, Mg3(OH)4Si4O5, cobalt(II)-substituted chrysotile, amino-functionalized mesoporous silica, amino-functionalized MCM-41, alkali ion-exchanged mesoporous silica, alkali ion-exchanged SBA-15, ionic liquid supported MgO, amorphous aluminophosphate, synthetic talcs, magnesium organosilicates, potassium fluoride (KF) supported on alumina, lanthanide imide on zeolite, and/or lanthanide nitride on zeolite.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The greater than or equal to 2 alcohols are isopropanol and n-butanol, isopropanol, n-butanol, and ethanol, or 2-butanol, n-butanol, and ethanol. The alcohol is a secondary alcohol, such as isopropanol, 2-butanol, 2-pentanol, 2-hexanol, 2-heptanol, 2-octanol, 2-nonanol, 2-decanol, 2-undecanol, 2-dodecanol, 2-tridecanol, 2-tetradecanol, 2-pentadecanol, 2-hexadecanol, 2-heptadecanol, 2-octadecanol, 2-nonadecanol, 2-icosanol, 2,3-butanediol, and/or acetoin. The greater than or equal to 1 primary alcohols are n-butanol, ethanol, and/or 2-ethyl hexanol; the secondary alcohol is isopropanol, and greater than or equal to 1 primary alcohols are butanol and ethanol; or the secondary alcohol is 2-butanol, and greater than or equal to 1 primary alcohols are n-butanol and/or ethanol. The mixture of hydrocarbon ketones is 2-pentanone, 4-heptanone, 2-heptanone, 4-nonanone, 2-methyl-4-nonanone, 6-undecanone, 5-ethylundecan-6-one, 5,7-diethylundecan-6-one, 5,7-dibutylundecan-6-one, 9-ethyltridecan-6-one, 5,11-diethylpentadecan-8-one, 5 -butylundecan-6-one, and/or 5-butyl-7-ethylundecan-6-one. At least 70% of mixture of hydrocarbon ketones is greater than or equal to 7 carbon-containing hydrocarbon ketones, and greater than or equal to 40% of mixture of hydrocarbon ketones is greater than or equal to 11 carbon-containing hydrocarbon ketones. Acetone precursor is glycerol. Preferred Processes: At least a portion of the mixture of hydrocarbon ketones, preferably greater than or equal to 70%, is produced from double alkylation of the ketone. The mixture of hydrocarbon ketones is a mixture of 5-15 carbon-containing hydrocarbon ketones.