Highly dispersed and stable catalysts comprising Ru nanoparticles supported on boron-doped amphiphilic core-shell mesoporous molecular sieves (MMSÀ C@MMSÀ NH 2 /B/Ru) with alkyl-modified hydrophobic silica core and NH 2 -functionalized hydrophilic silica shell are successfully prepared for use in hydrogenation of α-pinene for the first time. Dodecyl-modified MMSÀ C 12 @MMSÀ NH 2 /B/Ru exhibits the best catalytic activity under mild hydrogenation conditions. The abundant À NH 2 functional groups on the molecular sieve surface and their amphipathy allow the sieves to facilitate attachment of more Ru nanoparticles, and to simplify their dispersion in the waterorganic reaction medium. Moreover, B-doped molecular sieves may adjust their acidity to meet the needs of α-pinene hydrogenation. Under mild reaction conditions (25°C, 1 MPa H 2 , and 1 h), α-pinene can be completely converted with 99 % selectivity to cis-pinane, because every nanocomposite is equivalent to a microreactor. The catalytic activity does not change much over 5 cycles, indicating that Ru nanoparticles are stably loaded on the molecular sieves.