Abstract: A process of carrying hydrogen on a hydrogen carrier is disclosed. The process comprises hydrogenating a hydrocarbon feed stream in a hydrogenation reactor in the presence of hydrogen and a hydrogenation catalyst to produce a hydrogenated stream for carrying hydrogen. The hydrogenated stream is contacted with a dehydrogenation catalyst to produce a dehydrogenated stream. The dehydrogenated stream is fractionated in a fractionation column to produce a fractionation column overhead stream comprising C7? hydrocarbons and a fractionation column bottoms stream. The hydrocarbon feed stream comprising about 1 to about 10 wt % C12 to C16 hydrocarbons can be taken from the fractionation column bottoms stream. A hydrocarbon composition comprising about 1 to about 10 wt % C12 to C16 hydrocarbons and at least about 80 wt % toluene is also disclosed.