Acid strength of H 3 PW x Mo 12-x O 40 (x = 0, 3, 6, 9, and 12) Keggin heteropolyacid (HPA) and H 6 P 2 W x Mo 18-x O 62 (x = 0, 3, 9, 15, and 18) Wells-Dawson HPA catalysts was determined by NH 3 -TPD measurements. Desorption peak temperature (acid strength) of H 3 PW x Mo 12-x O 40 and H 6 P 2 W x Mo 18-x O 62 catalysts showed the same trend with respect to tungsten substitution, and increased with increasing tungsten substitution in both families of HPA catalysts. In order to correlate the acid strength with the acid catalysis of HPAs, vapor-phase 2-propanol conversion reaction was carried out as a model reaction. Yield for propylene (a product formed by acid catalysis of HPA) increased with increasing tungsten substitution and with increasing desorption peak temperature (acid strength) across both HPA families, regardless of the identity of HPA catalyst (without HPA structural sensitivity). The acid strength of H 3 PW x Mo 12-x O 40 and H 6 P 2 W x Mo 18-x O 62 catalysts could be utilized as a probe of acid catalysis for 2-propanol conversion reaction.