“…The first, which has been known for more than thirty years, requires alkylation of 1-substituted imidazoles by trialkyl phosphates, mainly by trimethyl phosphate (route A, Fig. 3.1) [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]. This is the method for preparation of different 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium dimethyl phosphates (2).…”