Abstract. The chemical and physical properties of the energetic intermediate 7-imino-3-nitroimino-2, 4,6,8-tetraazabicyclo[3.3.0]-octane hydrochloride (compound A) were investigated. The crystal structure and thermal behavior were measured by X-ray diffraction and TG-DTG-DSC coupling system, respectively. The electronic structure was also studied by electronic density, nature bond orbital charges, frontier molecular orbital, density of state, and electrostatic potentials. Compound A crystallizes orthorhombic in space group Pna2 1 . Thermodynamic properties indicate that it has moderate thermal sta-