“…As a result, there have been numerous attempts to "heterogenize" the liquid phase catalysts [5], so that the resulting catalysts would have the advantages of both homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts, namely, high activity and selectivity, ease of separation, and noncorrosive environment. The various techniques investigated include ligand attachment to the support either via a covalent [6] or ionic bond [7], supported liquid-phase catalysis (SLPC) [8][9][10][11][12], supported aqueous-phase catalysis (SAPC) [13,14], supported molten-salt catalysis (SMSC) [15,16], and supported ionic liquid catalysis (SILC) [17], wherein nano-films of high-boiling organic or aqueous solvent, or molten salt or room temperature ionic liquid, are coated on the walls of porous support. Most of these techniques, based on the original idea of Rony [8], show growing promise, although they each have their limitations as well, especially in terms of stability when the supported liquid has significant volatility or solubility in the reacting phase.…”