Fig. 2 Boiling point histogram of the product blend after isomerizing hexenolysis of RME. Boiling point histogram of the product blend after isomerizing hexenolysis of RME. Conditions: 10.0 mmol of 1-hexene/RME (1:1), 0.05 mol % IC-1 and Ru-1, neat, 50°C, 20 hours. The mixture was hydrogenated for analysis. This histogram was overlaid with simulated curves for 1000 molecules per catalyst (≙ 0.05 mol % catalyst) of both 1-hexene and RME, with 30,000 metathesis and 7500 double-bond migration steps. ····, olefins; —, monoesters; – –, diesters. Kai F. Pfister et al. Sci Adv 2017;3:e1602624 Copyright © 2017, The Authors