Supporting Information Catalysis with Solid Lipid Particles Suzana Natour, Suheir Omar and Raed Abu-Reziq* Institute of Chemistry, Casali Center of Applied Chemistry , Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Table S1. Compositions for preparation of catalytic SLPs.a Aqueous phase Formula a Oil phase TDW (g) Surfactant (g) Wax (g) TEOS (g) 1 38 CTAB-1g Parrafin wax-10g 10 2 38 CTAB-1g Parrafin wax -10g 5 3 50 Brij 78-1.6g Parrafin wax -10g 2.5 4 50 Brij 78-1g Parrafin wax -10g 10 5 47 Brij 78-3.6g Parrafin wax -10g 4 6 50 DC 5329- 1g Parrafin wax -10g 10 7 32 G.-KDMP – 2g Parrafin wax -10g 2 8b 32 G.-KDMP – 2g Parrafin wax -10g 2 9 20 Bu-PVP 5%- 19g Parrafin wax -10g 4 10b 20 Bu-PVP 5%- 19g Parrafin wax -10g 4 11 20 Bu-PVP 5%- 19g Parrafin wax -10g 6 12 20 Bu-PVP 5%- 19g Parrafin wax -10g 10 13 50 Tween 80- 1.6g Parrafin wax -10g 2.5 14 38 G.-KDMP-2g AMS-C30-9g 4 15 38 DC 5329- 2g AMS-C30-9g 4 16 20 Bu-PVP 5%- 19g AMS-C30-9g 4 1g of PEI-C18 was added to the oil phase in all formulas. After hot emulsification, pH was set to 10 by NaOH 1M. b pH 7.3, no NaOH was added. Fig. S1 SEM micrographs of catalytic SLPs prepared by using different surfactants and waxes. a) Brij 78 (Formula 3), b) Brij 78 (Formula 4), c) Brij 78 (Formula 5), d) Genamin KDMP (Formula 14), e) Genamin KDMP (Formula 7) and f) Tween 80 (Formula 13). Characterization Data of the Knoevenagel Condensation Products Table 1 2-benzylidenemalononitrile (Entry 1) 1 H NMR (400MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.90 (d, J =8.5 Hz, 2H), 7.78 (s, 1H), 7.63 (t, J=7.6 Hz, 1H), 7.61 (t, J= 7.6 Hz, 2H) ppm. 13C NMR (100MHz, CDCl3): δ 160.2, 134.7, 130.7, 129.6, 113.8, 112.7, 109.4 ppm. 2-(4-chlorobenzylidene)malononitrile (Entry 4) 1 H NMR (400MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.86 (d, J =8.5 Hz, 2H), 7.73 (s, 1H), 7.52 (d, J=8.6 Hz, 2H) ppm. C NMR (100MHz, CDCl3): δ 158.6, 141.1, 131.9, 130, 129.3, 113.6, 112.4, 83.1 ppm. 13 2-(4-cyanobenzylidene)malononitrile (Entry 5) 1 H NMR (400MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.98 (d, J =8.4 Hz, 2H), 7.84 (s, 1H), 7.82 (d, J=2.4 Hz, 2H) ppm. 13C NMR (100MHz, CDCl3): δ 157.6, 134.3, 133.1, 130.7, 117.4, 112.8, 111.7, 109.1, 86.7 ppm. 2-(4-nitrobenzylidene)malononitrile (Entry 6) 1 H NMR (400MHz,CDCl3): δ 8.38 (d, J =8.8 Hz, 2H), 7.84 (d, J=9.2 Hz, 2H), 7.88 (s, 1H) ppm. C NMR (100MHz, CDCl3): δ 156.9, 150.9, 135.8, 131.3, 124.6, 112.6, 111.6, 87.5 ppm. 13 2-(2-nitrobenzylidene)malononitrile (Entry 7) 1 H NMR (400MHz, CDCl3): δ 8.44 (s, 1H), 8.35 (d, J=8 Hz, 1H), 7.87 (d, J=7.2 Hz, 1H), 7.8 (m, 2H) ppm. 13C NMR (100MHz, CDCl3): δ 158.8, 146.8, 134.9, 133.4, 130.4, 125.8, 112.2, 110.9, 88.5 ppm. 2-(4-methylbenzylidene)malononitrile (Entry 8) 1 H NMR (400MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.81 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 2H), 7.72 (s, 1H), 7.33 (d, J=7.6 Hz, 2H), 2.45 (s, 3H) ppm. 13C NMR (100MHz, CDCl3): δ 160, 146.4, 131.4, 130.4, 128.4, 113.9, 112.9, 83.8, 29.6 ppm. 2-(4-(dimethylamino)benzylidene)malononitrile (Entry 9) 1 H NMR (400MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.8 (d, J=9.2 Hz, 2H), 7.45 (s, 1H), 6.7 (d, J=8.8 Hz, 2H), 3.08 (s, 6H) ppm. 40.1 ppm. 13 C NMR (100MHz, CDCl3): δ 158.1, 154.3, 133.5, 119.2, 116, 115.4, 111.9, 71.5, 2-(4-methoxybenzylidene)malononitrile (Entry 10) 1 H NMR (400MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.9 (d, J=9.1 Hz, 2H), 7.65 (s, 1H), 7.01 (d, J=8.9 Hz, 2H), 3.91 (s, 3H) ppm. 13 C NMR (100MHz, CDCl3): δ 164.8, 158.9, 133.5, 124, 115.1, 78.4, 55.8 ppm. Table 2 Methyl 2-cyano-3-phenylacrylate (Entry 1) 1 H NMR (400MHz, CDCl3): δ 8.24 (s, 1H), 7.96(d, J=7.8 Hz, 2H), 7.46-7.59 (m, 3H), 3.79 (s, 3H) ppm. 13 C NMR (100MHz, CDCl3): δ 163.5, 155.3, 133.4, 131, 129.3, 115.4, 102.5, 53.4 ppm. 2-benzoyl-3-phenylacrylonitrile (Entry 2) 1 H NMR (400MHz, CDCl3): δ 8.05(s, 1H), 8.02 (d, J=8.6Hz, 2H), 7.88-7.91 (m, 2H), 7.5-7.65 (m, 6H) ppm. 13 C NMR (100MHz, CDCl3): δ 189.1, 155.6, 135.7, 133.4, 131.8, 131.1, 129.3, 128.7, 116.8, 110.2 ppm. Polyethyleneimine modified with oleic acid (PEI-C18). 1 H NMR (400MHz, CDCl3): δ 5.27 (-CH=CH-, 2H), 3.2 (-NH), 2.2-2.77 (-PEI), 2.08 (- CH2C=O), 1.91 ( J=5.56, 4H CH2-C=C-CH2) , 1.522 (2H, CH2CH2C=O), 1.1921 ( 20H –CH2-), 0.78 ( -CH3) ppm. 13 C NMR (100MHz, CDCl3): δ173.15 [PEI-NHCO-CH2-CH2-(CH2)4-CH2- CH=CH-CH2-(CH2)4-CH2-CH2-CH3], 130.3 [PEI-NHCO-CH2-CH2-(CH2)4-CH2-CH=CH-CH2(CH2)4-CH2-CH2-CH3], 47.7 and 48.9-49.25 and 53.4-54.34 [PEI-NHCO-CH2-CH2-(CH2)4-CH2CH=CH-CH2-(CH2)4-CH2-CH2-CH3], 36.5 [PEI-NHCO-CH2-CH2-(CH2)4-CH2-CH=CH-CH2(CH2)4-CH2-CH2-CH3], CH2-CH3], 29.24-29.69 31.8 [PEI-NHCO-CH2-CH2-(CH2)4-CH2-CH=CH-CH2-(CH2)4-CH2- [PEI-NHCO-CH2-CH2-(CH2)4-CH2-CH=CH-CH2-(CH2)4-CH2-CH2- CH3], 27.1 [PEI-NHCO-CH2-CH2-(CH2)4-CH2-CH=CH-CH2-(CH2)4-CH2-CH2-CH3], 25.8 [PEINHCO-CH2-CH2-(CH2)4-CH2-CH=CH-CH2-(CH2)4-CH2-CH2-CH3], 22.5 [PEI-NHCO-CH2- CH2-(CH2)4-CH2-CH=CH-CH2-(CH2)4-CH2-CH2-CH3], 14 [PEI-NHCO-CH2-CH2-(CH2)4-CH2CH=CH-CH2-(CH2)4-CH2-CH2-CH3]. FT-IR (cm-1): 3444, 3294, 3085, 2930, 2855, 1646, 1554, 1466, 1375, 1294, 1123. Elemental Anal.: C, 72.12; H, 12.34; N, 12.2. 1.208 1.177 1.071 0.942 0.900 0.882 0.860 0.840 0.804 0.788 0.771 0.742 0.631 0.614 1.5 1.5 3.000 18.460 2.028 2.0 3.000 1.941 3.504 1.522 1.422 11.416 2.5 18.460 2.0 1.764 3.0 2.028 2.5 1.920 1.906 2.374 3.5 3.504 2.080 0.207 4.0 2.241 2.626 2.554 2.486 4.5 1.941 3.0 2.779 0.000 5.0 11.416 3.5 3.045 3.236 3.180 3.556 5.5 2.374 0.207 2.779 2.626 2.554 2.486 2.241 2.080 1.920 1.906 1.764 1.522 1.422 1.208 1.177 1.071 0.942 0.900 0.882 0.860 0.840 0.804 0.788 0.771 0.742 0.631 3.236 3.180 3.045 3.556 5.285 5.273 5.241 5.044 1H 5.902 5.869 5.836 NMR Spectra of PEI-C18 NMR 1.0 0.5 1.0 ppm ppm 170 40 39 140 38 37 36 35 120 34 110 33 100 32 90 31 80 30 70 29 28 60 27 50 26 22.605 22.580 22.496 22.255 130 32.544 31.829 31.708 31.680 31.438 29.694 29.654 29.604 29.542 29.457 29.242 28.903 28.767 27.889 27.156 26.842 26.521 25.877 25.559 34.316 150 36.576 160 37.557 39.098 77.476 77.363 77.158 76.840 54.341 53.439 49.260 48.913 47.663 39.098 37.557 36.576 34.316 32.544 31.829 31.708 31.680 31.438 29.694 29.654 29.604 29.542 29.457 29.242 130.302 130.121 129.901 129.597 127.998 127.798 173.515 13C NMR 40 25 30 24 20 23 ppm ppm IR spectrum of PEI-OA