A convenient approach towards previously unknown phosphonium salts containing a non-aromatic 2H-imidazole moiety is reported. The approach is based on a direct nucleophilic C(sp2)-H functionalization of 2H-imidazole 1-oxides with triphenylphosphine acting as a nucleophile. Herewith, the heterocyclic N-oxide moiety is utilized as an auxiliary group contributing to an abstraction of C-H proton during the elimination process. Newly obtained compounds can be a subject of further modification, e.g. used for the synthesis of monodeuterated 2H-imidazoles.