TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The metathesis catalyst comprising a metal carbene catalyst based upon ruthenium, molybdenum, osmium, chromium, rhenium, and/or tungsten. The metathesis catalyst has a structure of formula ((L1)(L2)(L3)n(X1)(X2)M=(C)m=C(R1)(R2)) (I), ((L1)(L2)(X1)(X2)M=(C)t=C(-(Z1)r-R1)(-(Z2)s-R2)) (II), (((L1)(L2)(X1)M=(C)t=C(-(Z1)r-R1)(-(Z2)s-R2))+Y1-) (III) or (((L1)(X1)(X2)M=(C)t=C(R1)(Z3))+Y1-) (IV). The metathesis catalyst is ruthenium(II)dichloro(phenylmethylene)bis(tricyclohexylphosphine), ruthenium(II)(1,3-bis-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)-2-imidazolidinylidene)dichloro(phenylmethylene)(tricyclohexylphosphine), ruthenium(II)dichloro(3-methyl-1,2-butenylidene)bis(tricyclopentylphosphine), ruthenium(II)dichloro(3-methyl-1,2-butenylidene)bis(tricyclohexylphosphine), ruthenium(II)dichloro(tricyclohexylphosphine)(o-isopropoxyphenylmethylene), ruthenium(II)(1,3-bis-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)-2-imidazolidinylidene)dichloro(phenylmethylene)bis(pyridine), ruthenium(II)(1,3-bis-(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-2-imidazolidinylidene)dichloro(phenylmethylene)(tricyclohexylphosphine), ruthenium(II)(1,3-bis-(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-2-imidazolidinylidene)dichloro(tricyclohexylphosphine)(o-isopropoxyphenylmethylene), ruthenium(II)(1,3-bis-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)-2-imidazolidinylidene)dichloro(3-methyl-1,2-butenylidene)(tricyclohexylphosphine), ruthenium(II)(1,3-bis-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)-2-imidazolidinylidene)dichloro(o-isopropoxyphenylmethylene), ruthenium(II)(1,3-bis-(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-2-imidazolidinylidene)dichloro(o-isopropoxyphenylmethylene), ruthenium(II)(1,3-bis-(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-2-imidazolidinylidene)dichloro(o-amino-phenylmethylene), ruthenium(II)(1,3-bis-(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-2-imidazolidinylidene)dichloro(2-but-3-enyl-pyridine), ruthenium(II)(1,3-bis-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)-2-imidazolidinylidene)dichloro(phenylmethylene)(triphenylphosphine), ruthenium(II)dichloro(vinylphenylmethylene)bis(tricyclohexylphosphine) and/or ruthenium (II) (1,3-bis-(2,4,6,-trimethylphenyl)-2-imidazolidinylidene)dichloro(phenylmethylene)(bis 3-bromopyridine).M = Group 8 transition metal, preferably Ru or Os;L1-L3 = neutral electron donor ligands;n, r, s = 0 or 1;m = 0-2;t = 0-5;X1, X2 = anionic ligands;Y1 = non-coordinating anion;Z1, Z2 = -O-, -S-, -NR2-, -PR2-, -P(=O)R2-, -P(OR2)-, -P(=O)(OR2)-, -C(=O)-, -C(=O)O-, OC(=O)-, -OC(=O)O-, -S(=O)-, -S(=O)2;Z3 = cationic moiety; andR1, R2 = hydrocarbyl or heteroatom containing hydrocarbyl (both optionally substituted) or functional groups, where any two or more of X1, X2, L1, L2, L3, R1, and R2 can be taken together to form a cyclic group, and any one or more of X1, X2, L1, L2, L3, R1, and R2 may be attached to a support.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: (A) comprises a natural oil, a natural oil derived unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or their salts and/or esters. (A) is derived from: petroleum or crude oil; a Fischer-Tropsch process; or coal, natural gas, oil shale and/or biomass. (A) comprises: a synthetic fuel or a middle distillate fuel; kerosene, jet fuel, diesel fuel, fuel oil, heating oil and/or naphtha; one or more biofuels; a mixture of a biofuel and a hydrocarbon fuel; a biodiesel/bioalcohol blend and/or a biodiesel/petroleum middle distillate blend; or a mixture of a natural oil-derived methyl ester and a petroleum middle distillate. (A) has a sulfur content of up to 0.05 wt.%. (A) has a 95% distillation point of up to 370 degrees C. The metathesized natural oil is the product of a self-metathesis process or a cross-metathesis process. The metathesized natural oil is made by reacting one or more natural oils and/or natural oil derived unsaturated carboxylic acids, salts and/or esters in the presence of a metathesis catalyst to form the metathesized natural oil. The metathesized natural oil is made by reacting (a) one or more natural oils and/or natural oil derived unsaturated carboxylic acids, salts and/or esters with (b) another olefinic compound in the presence of a metathesis catalyst. The natural oil derived unsaturated carboxylic acid, salt and/or ester comprises an unsaturated fatty acid or its ester or metal salt with a 4-30C alkene chain in the carboxylic acid portion of the molecule, a terminal carboxylic acid group, and at least one carbon-carbon double bond in the alkene chain, where the metal is an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, a group IIIA metal, a group IVA metal, a group VA metal, a transition metal, a metal from the lanthanide series and/or a metal from the actinide series. The alkene chain in the carboxylic acid portion of the molecule contains 1-4 carbon-carbon double bonds. The natural oil derived unsaturated carboxylic acid, salt and/or ester comprises a polyunsaturated fatty acid, a carboxylate salt of a polyunsaturated fatty acid and/or a polyunsaturated fatty ester. The unsaturated fatty ester comprises an unsaturated monoester and/or an unsaturated polyol ester. The unsaturated polyol ester is derived from a 2-10C polyol containing 2-6 hydroxyl groups. The unsaturated fatty ester comprises an unsaturated glyceride. The unsaturated glyceride comprises an unsaturated monoglyceride, an unsaturated diglyceride and/or an unsaturated triglyceride. The natural oil comprises vegetable oil, algae oil, fungus oil, animal oil or fat and/or tall oil. The natural oil comprises canola oil, rapeseed oil, coconut oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil, olive oil, palm oil, peanut oil, safflower oil, sesame oil, soybean oil, sunflower seed oil, linseed oil, palm kernel oil, tung oil, jatropha oil, mustard oil, camellina oil, pennycress oil, castor oil, coriander oil, almond oil, wheat germ oil, bone oil, lard, tallow, poultry fat, algal oil, yellow grease and/or fish oil. The natural oil comprises refined, bleached and/or deodorized natural oil. The refined, bleached and/or deodorized natural oil comprises refined, bleached and/or deodorized soybean oil. The natural oil or natural oil derived unsaturated carboxylic acid, salt and/or ester is partially hydrogenated prior to the reaction in the presence of the metathesis catalyst. The metathesized natural oil comprises 1-100, preferably 2-10 metathesis repeating groups. The metathesized natural oil comprises a metathesis dimer, metathesis trimer, metathesis tetramer, metathesis pentamer, metathesis hexamer, metathesis heptamer, metathesis octamer, metathesis nonamer and/or metathesis decamer. The metathesized natural oil derivative comprises the reaction product of the metathesized natural oil with a nucleophile, an enophilic acid reagent or an oxidizing agent. The nucleophile comprises a nucleophilic nitrogen reagent or a nucleophilic oxygen reagent. The nucleophilic nitrogen reagent comprises ammonia, compound containing one or more primary and/or secondary amines, a mono-substituted amine, disubstituted amine and/or an amino-alcohol. The nucleophilic nitrogen reagent comprises a monoamine, diamine, triamine and/or tetraamine, preferably methylamine, dimethylamine, ethylamine, diethylamine, propylamine, dipropylamine, butylamine, dibutylamine, pentylamine, dipentylamine, hexylamine, dihexylamine, heptylamine, diheptylamine, octylamine, dioctylamine, methanolamine, dimethanolamine, ethanolamine, diethanolamine, propanolamine, dipropanolamine, butanolamine, dibutanolamine, pentanolamine, dipentanolamine, hexanolamine, dihexanolamine, heptanolamine, diheptanolamine, octanolamine, dioctanolamine, aniline, ethylenediamine, 1,3-propanediamine, 1,4-butanediamine, 1,5-pentanediamine, 1,6-hexanediamine, 1,7-heptanediamine, 1,8-octanediamine, 1,3-bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane, meta-xylenediamine, 1,8-naphthalenediamine, p-phenylenediamine, N-(2-aminoethyl)-1,3-propanediamine, diethylenetriamine, dipropylenetriamine, dibutylenetriamine, dipentylenetriamine, dihexylenetriamine, diheptylenetriamine, dioctylenetriamine, spermidine, melamine, triethylenetetramine, tripropylenetetramine, tributylenetetramine, tripentylenetetramine, trihexylenetetramine, triheptylenetetramine, trioctylenetetramine, hexamine, an imidazole and/or oxazolidine. The nucleophilic oxygen reagent comprises one or more peroxides, one or more alcohols, preferably methanol, ethanol, propanol, butanol and/or one or more polyols, preferably ethylene glycol, glycerol, trimethylolpropane, 1,2-propanediol, 1,3-propanediol, 1,2-butanediol, 1,3-butanediol, 2,3-butanediol, 2-ethyl-1,3-propanediol, 2-ethyl-2-butyl-1,3-propanediol, neopentyl glycol, 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,3-pentanediol, pentaerythritol and/or sorbitol. The enophilic acid reagent comprises one or more alpha-beta olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acids of formula (R1-CH=C(R2)-COOH), one or more alpha, beta olefinically unsaturated dicarboxylic acids and/or their derivatives. The enophilic acid reagent comprises acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, cinnamic acid, crotonic acid, 3-phenyl propenoic acid, alpha,beta-decanoic acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid, mesaconic acid, itaconic acid, citraconic acid and/or maleic anhydride. The oxidizing agent comprises a compound containing an oxygen-oxygen single bond, a peroxide group or peroxide ion. The oxidizing agent comprises hydrogen peroxide, an organic peroxide and/or an inorganic peroxide. The metathesized natural oil derivative comprises the alkylation reaction product of the metathesized natural oil with an aromatic compound. The aromatic compound comprises an aromatic, aliphatic-substituted aromatic, or aromatic-substituted aliphatic compound. The aromatic compound comprises a substituted 6-40C aromatic compound containing one or more substituent comprising hydroxyl, halo, nitro, amino, cyano, alkoxy, acyl, epoxy, acryloxy and/or mercapto. The aromatic compound comprises benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, styrene, alpha-methyl styrene, propyl benzene, xylene (preferably o-, m- and/or p-xylene), tolyl aldehyde, aminotoluene, o-, m- and/or p-cresol, phenyl aldehyde, mesitylene, methylethylbenzene, naphthalene, anthracene, phenanthrene, methylnaphthalene, dimethylnaphthalene, tetralin, phenol, dihydroxybenzene, naphthol, dihydroxynaphthalene, an aromatic amine, a pyridine, aniline, toluidine, phenylenediamine, toluenediamine, diphenylamine, alkyldiphenylamine and/or phenothiazine. The metathesized natural oil is made by reacting a natural oil and/or natural oil derivative in the presence of a metathesis catalyst to form a first metathesized natural oil, and then reacting the first metathesized natural oil in a self-metathesis reaction to form another metathesized natural oil, or reacting the first metathesized natural oil in a cross-metathesis reaction with a natural oil and/or natural oil derivative to form another metathesized natural oil.R1, R2 = H or hydrocarbyl groups. EXAMPLE - No suitable example given.