“…N-Methylimidazole was employed as a starting material to react with 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (Scheme 1), and the desired 1-(2,4-dinitrophenyl)-3-methylimidazolium chloride 1 could be obtained in 22% yield, which is similar to the yield (23%) in the literature 13 and too low for practical use. By changing the reaction conditions, we found that an excellent yield (96%) of 1-(2,4-dinitrophenyl)-3-methylimidazolium chloride 1 could be achieved.…”