The MIC Cu I amide complexes were readily synthesized in moderate-to-high yields in four steps from azide and alkyne precursors (Scheme 1). MICs have attracted attention as strongly σ-donating and moderately π-accepting, often multi-dentate, ligands. The first step involved the azide-alkyne cycloaddition, a prototypical click reaction, using equimolar dichloromethane (DCM) solutions of an aryl alkyne and an aryl azide in the presence of 30 mol% Cu I as a catalyst and two equivalents of diisopropylethylamine (DIPEA) as a base at room temperature. After 16 hours, the reaction mixtures were filtered through a silica plug and, after trituration with pentane, the triazoles were obtained in 76-90% yield. A range of aryl alkynes including the electronrich 4-methoxyphenyl, electron-deficient 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl), and naphthyl variants were used to explore the electronic effects of different substituents on the triazole carbene, especially the extended conjugation of the naphthyl ring. The triazoles were then methylated with 1.1 equivalents of Meerwein's reagent ([Me3O]BF4) selectively at the 3-position to afford the corresponding triazolium tetrafluoroborate salt in high yield of 88-96%. Successful methylation could be observed by the appearance of a methyl resonance at around 4.28-4.42 ppm and a downfield shift of the triazole aryl resonance in the 1 H NMR spectra.