“…Within organic chemistry, ammonium cations are widely present in structures of phase-transfer compounds [1] (for instance, tetrabutylammonium bromide), drugs (neuromuscular-blocking drugs, cholinergic drugs, antimicrobials [2]), surfactants (phosphatidylcholines) and many others. In synthesis, due to their electrophilic nature, quaternary ammonium cations are also exploited as leaving groups in nucleophilic substitutions [3,4]. The most common method of synthesizing quaternary pyridinium or ammonium salts is the Menšutkin reaction, i.e., simple alkylation with alkyl halides, which often requires heat [5][6][7].…”