cis-Pinane was efficient and selective prepared through the hydrogenation of alpha-pinene base on Ru nanoparticles stabilized by amine-functionalized magnetite nanoparticles (Fe3O4/NH2/Ru). The effects o'f changing carbon chain length on amine-functionalized catalyst formation have also been investigated. The characterization results showed that Ru nanoparticles could be efficient loaded by 1, 6-hexanediamine functionalized magnetite nanoparticles. At the same time, Fe3O4/1, 6-hexanediamine/Ru had good superparamagnetic properties and that the introduction of the amine-functionalized improved the monodispersity, morphological regularity and size uniformity of the Ru nanoparticles. The Fe3O4/1, 6-hexanediamine/Ru catalyst was completely recoverable with the simple application of an external magnetic field and the catalytic efficiency showed no obvious loss for the hydrogenation of alpha-pinene even after ten repeated cycles. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.