TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The metal oxide is aluminum oxide, calcium oxide, gallium oxide, hafnium oxide, iron oxide, lanthanum oxide, silicon oxide, strontium oxide, titanium oxide, zinc oxide, or zirconium oxide. The metal oxide is formed by calcination of a metal hydroxide. The metal hydroxide is aluminum hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, gallium hydroxide, hafnium hydroxide, iron hydroxide, lanthanum hydroxide, silicon hydroxide, strontium hydroxide, titanium hydroxide, zinc hydroxide, or zirconium hydroxide. The double-metal cyanide is formula Fe2M3(CN)10. The molecular sieve is of a type of 3-5 Angstrom of formula KnNa(12-n)((AlO2)12(SiO2)12).xH2O, Na12((Al12)12(SiO2)12).xH2O or CaNa(12-n)((AlO2)12(SiO2)12).xH2O. The molecular sieved is natural or synthetic zeolite. The metal cation is potassium (K+) or cesium (Cs+). The modified molecular sieve is formula KnNa(12-n)((AlO2)12(SiO2)12).xH2O, KmCanNa(12-(m+2n))((AlO2)12(SiO2)12).xH2O, CsNa(12-n)((AlO2)12(SiO2)12).xH2O, or CsmCanNa(12-(m+2n))((AlO2)12(SiO2)12).xH2O. The catalyst is in powdered, pelleted, or extruded form; is recoverable from the reaction products by filtration; and has been calcined. The catalyst is prepared from lanthanum oxide or lanthanum hydroxide and titanium oxide. The titanium and lanthanum oxide are generated in situ during preparation of the catalyst. The catalyst is formulae a(La2O3).y(La(OH)3).z(TiO2); b(La203).b(TiO2).y(ZnO).c(MS); (Al2O3).(TiO2).(ZnO).z(MS); or ((Fe2M3 (CN)10)).Al2O3.TiO2.ZnO.MS.M=La, Co or Al;MS=molecular sieve;a, y, z=1-2;b=1;z=3-4;andx, m, n=not defined.Preferred Method: The esterification or transesterification is done at 150-250 degrees C and pressure of less than 1000 psi. The reaction is done at a ratio of 0.1-2 volumes of injected oil/volume of catalyst per hour. EXAMPLE - A sodium containing molecular sieve of formula Na12((AlO2)12(SiO2)12).xH2O (800 g) was dissolved in 0.5 M aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide (5000 ml),heated under reflux for 5 hours, allowed to cool to room temperature, and washed repeatedly to remove excess potassium hydroxide from the molecular cages of the sieves. A lanthanum chloride heptahydrate (25 g) was dissolved in water (100 ml) at room temperature, added with mixture (250 ml) of 1 M potassium hydroxide and potassium carbonate, reacted for 1 hour, and filtered. The separated solids were rinsed with methanol aqueous solution (50 ml) for three times, dried at 100?OC for 24 hours, and calcined at 600 degrees C for 3 hours to obtain lanthanum containing catalyst. The modified molecular sieve and prepared catalyst were mixed to obtain solid, heterogeneous catalyst preparation.