Quaternization of common N-functionalized imidazoles (vinyl-, allyl-, propargyl-) with pentafluorobenzyl bromide afforded the respective series of differently substituted imidazolium salts. Likewise, chemospecific S- and N-alkylation of the commercial medicinal drug methimazole (1-methyl-3H-imidazole-2-thione) and its vinylated relative 1-vinyl-3H-imidazole-2-thione yielded N,S-bis(pentafluorobenz