Conversion of methanol to gasoline product

In a method for converting methanol to gasoline boiling products in a plurality of sequentially arranged catalyst beds which comprises,

• effecting a catalytic restructuring of the methanol feed to an ether rich product in at least one catalyst contact zone under selected temperature conditions,
• effecting a catalytic restructuring of the ether rich product to form aromatics and isoparaffins boiling in the gasoline boiling range in at least one other catalyst contact zone employing a crystalline zeolite of the class represented by ZSM-5 crystalline zeolite, the improvement comprising
• effecting control of the exothermic temperature rise in any one bed of crystalline zeolite catalyst not to exceed about 50 degrees F. by employing with the ether rich feed one or a combination of heat dissipating materials selected from the group consisting of C.sub.5 and lower boiling hydrocarbons, a cooled methanol stream alone or in combination with a water free cool ether product fraction or a cool durene rich product fraction of the process.