“…Mostly known as convenient, air-stable precursors to N -heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) used in organocatalytic transformations, − 1,2,4-triazolium salts also form upon deprotonation of NHC ligands for transition metal catalysts. − Beyond the field of catalysis, these 1,2,4-triazole-based ligands form phosphorescent cyclometalated complexes with the substituents on the carbene ligand being key to their tunable emission wavelengths, − while other late transition metal complexes containing 1,2,4-triazole ligands have shown promising in vitro anticancer activity in studies involving breast, colon, lung, skin, liver, and cervical cancer as well as leukemia. − N -Aryl-substituted 1,2,4-triazoles are also frequent building blocks in organic compounds with biological activity. − Although less common than imidazolium or 1,2,3-triazolium salts, 1,2,4-triazolium salts have been successfully used as ionic liquids for dissolving cellulose …”