Hydrothermal synthesis and structural characterization of three new sodalite analog structures are reported. By using mixed metal cations to achieve the host-guest charge matching and tetramethylammonium (TMA) and piperazine as structure-directing agents, ternary sodalite analog structures are synthesized in zinc gallophosphate, zinc galloarsenate, and gallium cobalt phosphate systems. The framework charge, composition, and symmetry are controlled by the charge and geometry of organic structure-directing agents. The host-guest charge matching also dictates the preferred framework T-atom sites, for Co 2 + and Ga 3 + respectively, and is an important aspect of the synthesis mechanism. The host-guest interaction that allows the communication of symmetry information from the guest species to the inorganic framework is C-H O hydrogen bonds in TMA sodalites and N-H O and C-H O hydrogen bonds in the piperazine sodalite. As a result of symmetry-templating, TMA sodalite analog structures are cubic whereas the piperazine-templated structure is body-centered tetragonal.