A new family of energetic salts based on a new guanidinium cation containing picryl moiety, N-(2,4,6-trinitrobenzylideneamino) guanidinium cation, were synthesized and well characterized by IR and multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetry analysis (TG) and elemental analysis. The structures of N-(2,4,6trinitrobenzylideneamino)guanidinium nitrate (1) and N-(2,4,6trinitrobenzylideneamino)guanidinium 5-nitrotetrazolate (5) were confirmed by single crystal X-ray diffraction. Most of the salts decompose at temperatures over 180 o C. Furthermore, except for salts 1 and 9, most energetic salts exhibit low impact sensitivities (20-40 J), friction sensitivities (220-340 N), and are insensitive to electrostatics. The detonation pressure values calculated for energetic salts 1 and 3-9 range from 23.7 to 30.3 GPa, and the detonation velocities range from 7842 to 8394 m s -1 . These values indicate that some energetic salts can be the candidate for energetic materials possessing good thermal stabilities and low sensitivities.