Alkylation and acylation reactions are widely used in chemical and petrochemical processes to produce organic products such as solvents, pharmaceuticals, fragrance, dyes, and agrochemicals [
21]. Traditionally, the alkylation process is carried out using chloride acids such as AlCl
3, FeCl
3 or TiCl
4, but the use of them may lead to problems such as catalyst stability, equipment corrosion, and environment pollution [
22]. Hence, enormous attempts have been made to expand alternative heterogeneous catalytic systems (e.g., zeolites), in which utilizing solid acid catalysts would facilitate product separation and catalyst recovery and reduce product contamination by lowering metal leaching [
23,
24]. Various heterogeneous components such as zeolites, modified clays, MCM-41, ion-exchange resins, mesoporous sulfated zirconia or nafion/silica composite materials have been considered for alkylation or acylation processes [
26,
27]. However, the industrial alkylation process was carried out using zeolites under license by companies such as UOP, Mobil Badger or Eni, where this process was carried out at elevated temperature (e.g., 400°C) with high by-products [
21]. As is known to all, high temperature results in a high tendency of carbon deposition on the catalyst and increases utility costs. Recently, MOFs such as IRMOF-8 [
22], MOF-5 [
18], Cu-MOF-74 [
23], MIL-101(Fe) [
24], and MIL-88(Fe) [
24] have been used in both alkylation and acylation processes at low temperature in comparison to conventional catalysts.