2]. Furthermore, enhancing the percentages of exposed highly reactive facets, at nanoscale, does improve the efficiency of materials in various applications such as photocatalysis and dye-sensitized solar cells [3]. By presenting individual properties, nanoparticles can become a kind of structure unit, in other words, "artificial atoms" to conduct a new type of materials which have difficult in estimating collective properties [4]. Through green nanotechnology, we can get contrivable nanomaterial that contains unique characters which bulk materials never have [5]. This means that we are creating materials with good catalytic activity, stability and more selectivity via changing their forms, sizes and morphologies [6]. Applications of nanoparticles in catalytic reactions are because as size decreases, the surface area-to-volume ratio increases, which enhanced interaction between the reactant and the catalyst, which are needed for high catalytic efficiencies [7]. Unsupported nanoparticles are often less stable, and usually coagulation is inevitable during the catalytic reactions [8]. To generate stable nanoparticles with good activity, stabilizing the surface is required. Protection has been performed by the addition of polymers or longchain alkyl surfactants with polar functional groups that attached to the nanoparticle surface via covalent or electrostatic interactions [9, 10]. Alternatively, nanoparticles have been immobilized or grafted onto inorganic supports to improve their stabilization and recycling ability [12]. Progress in the discovery of new support materials for the heterogenization of homogeneous catalysts has been periodically reviewed [13]. In this article, the green catalytic processes and recent advances in organic transformations catalyzed by magnetically retrievable catalysts (MRCs) are highlighted. Prior to this, methods for the synthesis of catalysts immobilized on magnetic nanoparticles will be addressed briefly.Abstract Unsupported nanoparticles are often less stable, and usually coagulation is unavoidable during the catalytic reactions. To generate stable nanoparticles with good activity, stabilizing the surface is required. Protection has been performed by the addition of polymers or long-chain alkyl surfactants with polar functional groups that attached to the nanoparticle surface via covalent or electrostatic interactions. Alternatively, nanoparticles have been immobilized or grafted onto inorganic supports to improve their stabilization and recycling ability. In this article, the green catalytic processes and recent advances in organic transformations catalyzed by magnetically retrievable catalysts are reviewed. Prior to this, methods for the synthesis of catalysts immobilized on magnetic nanoparticles are addressed briefly.