This invention provides a process for the synthesis of MCM-58 using 1-(1-adamantyl) pyridinium cations as a directing agent.
The resultant MCM-58 is useful in a variety of hydrocarbon conversion reactions including toluene disproportionation, transalkylation of aromatics, reaction of paraffins with aromatics, paraffin isomerization and alkylation of aromatics with olefins.