NOVELTY - Removing (I) at least one product from coal tar comprises: (a1) providing a coal tar stream; (a2) removing product from the coal tar stream by extraction with an extraction agent or adsorption with an adsorbent to form a treated coal tar steam, where the extraction agent comprises e.g. amphiphilic block copolymers, and the adsorbent comprises exfoliated graphite oxide, thermally exfoliated graphite oxide or intercalated graphite compounds; recovering the at least one product; and (a4) separating treated coal tar stream into fractions.    USE - The process is useful for removing at least one product (claimed), where the product comprises benzene, alkylbenzenes, polyalkylbenzenes, naphthalenes, alkylnaphthalenes, polyalkylnaphthalenes, biphenyls, substituted biphenyls and/or oxygenates.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Removing (I) at least one product from coal tar comprises: (a1) providing a coal tar stream; (a2) removing at least one product from the coal tar stream by extraction with an extraction agent or adsorption with an adsorbent to form a treated coal tar steam, the extraction agent comprises at least one of amphiphilic block copolymers, inclusion complexes of poly(methyl methacrylate) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, cyclodextrins, functionalized cyclodextrins, and cyclodextrin-functionalized polymers, and the adsorbent comprises exfoliated graphite oxide, thermally exfoliated graphite oxide or intercalated graphite compounds; recovering the at least one product; and (a4) separating the treated coal tar stream into at least two fractions. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for removing (II) at least one product from coal tar comprising: pyrolyzing a coal feed into a coal tar stream and a coke stream; step (a2) as above per se, where the extraction agent comprises at least one of amphiphilic block copolymers, inclusion complexes of poly(methyl methacrylate) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, cyclodextrins, functionalized cyclodextrins, and cyclodextrin-functionalized polymers and at least one of an ionic liquid, and a supercritical fluid, where the adsorbent comprises exfoliated graphite oxide, thermally exfoliated graphite oxide or intercalated graphite compounds, and the at least one product comprises benzene, alkylbenzenes, polyalkylbenzenes, naphthalenes, alkylnaphthalenes, polyalkylnaphthalenes, biphenyls, substituted biphenyls, oxygenates, recovering the at least one product; and step (a4) as above per se.