vehicles have become stricter. At present, selective catalytic reduction of NO x with ammonia (NH 3-SCR) has been regarded as the most efficient technology to facilitate the NO x reduction in oxygen-rich exhaust released from diesel engines. [1-4] Metal-exchanged conventional aluminosilicate zeolites or silicoaluminophosphates (SAPO) molecular sieves (MSs) have been extensively investigated for catalyzing this reaction. Zeolites or SAPO MSs are a class of crystalline microporous materials with well-defined cavities or channels of molecular size. TO 4 tetrahedra (T = Al, Si, P, etc.) are considered as basic building units (BBUs). Until now, distinct 252 threedimensional (3D) zeolitic frameworks constructed by BBUs have been approved by IZA-structure committee. [5] They can be categorized into small pore (delimited by 8 T), medium pore (10 T), large pore (12 T), and extra-large pore (>12 T) MSs. Thereinto, small pore MSs, especially aluminosilicate SSZ-13 and SAPO-34 with the identical CHA framework, have been regarded as the efficient catalysts for the NH 3-SCR reaction due to their high NO x conversion and N 2 selectivity. [3] Although Cu-SSZ-13 catalyst has been commercialized, its thermal durability after the high-temperature (HT) hydrothermal aging, arising from the regeneration process of diesel particulate filter (DPF), can be further improved. Moreover, Cu-SAPO-34 catalyst has some disputes on the low-temperature (LT) hydrothermal stability. Therefore, it stimulates the interest of researchers to explore other novel zeolite frameworks with small pore openings. Recently, Hong et al. have reported a Cu exchanged LTA-type high-silica (3D 8 × 8 × 8-ring channel system) zeolite which has the better activity and durability than Cu-SSZ-13 after HT hydrothermal aging. [6,7] However, the expensive organic structure-directing agents (OSDAs) and the presence of the toxic fluoride used in its recipe might inhibit its further utilization as an NH 3-SCR catalyst. It is of interest to note that SAPO-42 with the LTA topology might be a potential catalyst for the NH 3-SCR reaction. The initial synthesis of SAPO-42 templated by TMA + and Na + was reported in 1984. [8,9] Strictly speaking, it is not an exact SAPO since only a few portions of phosphor are incorporated into the framework. After that, several works reported the synthesis of SAPO-42 by using complex OSDAs in the fluoride system or the ionothermal synthesis. [10-13] For example, Corma's Cu-exchanged LTA-type aluminosilicate catalyst has been considered as an efficient catalyst for the selective catalytic reduction of NO x with ammonia (NH 3-SCR). However, expensive organic structure-directing agents (OSDAs) and the corrosive fluoride medium are inevitably used to synthesize LTA-type molecular sieve (high-silica LTA-type aluminosilicate and its analogue LTAtype silicoaluminophosphate SAPO-42). Herein, a series of cheap and commercialized OSDAs, which are successfully applied for the targeted synthesis of SAPO-42 in the fluoride-free system, are identified by a nove...