AFAIK is >>>not supported in SASS because this combinator is not in the CSS standard. Angular has its own implementation to emulate its support.
AFAIR, using a space instead >>>, has the same effect in Angular2 with ViewEncapsulation.Emulated(default).
Using a space is no longer equivalent to >>>and /deep/.
Plunger example
/deep/ >>> Angular, /deep/ SASS.
SASS >>> ::ng-deep Angular (, ng- ).
Angular 4 ::ng-deep, >>>.
, ::ng-deep , . DOM , ViewEncapsulation.Emulated ( ) , Native , ::ng-deep .