Patent ID: 8624073

Claim:
A process for producing biodiesel through transesterification that comprises: contacting a triglyceride-containing vegetable or animal oil with an aliphatic mono-alcohol containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms and a homogenous catalyst to effect transesterification to yield a mixture containing a fatty acid alkyl ester and glycerol wherein the homogenous catalyst is a non-basic and non-acidic organo-metallic compound having the formula: M(OCH 3 ) x wherein M is metal that is selected from the group consisting of B, Na, Mg, K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, Al, Sn, Sb, Mo, Ag, and Cd and x is an integer from 2, 3 or 4.