“…The thermal stability of an energetic material is an important factor for its use and the desired decomposition temperature is above 473.15 K. For bis(5-amino-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)methane (BATZM), the decomposition temperature is 566.15 K (Shreve & Charlesworth, 1956). It can be used as a precursor for the synthesis of bis-triazole-based energetic materials, such as bis(5-nitro-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)methane (Bagal et al, 1970), bis(5-nitro-2-nitroxymethyl-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)nitromethane (Tselinskii et al, 2009), bis(5-nitro-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)nitromethane (Tselinskii et al, 2009), bis(5-nitro-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)dinitromethane (Tselinskii et al, 2009), bis(5-nitrimino-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)methane (Dippold et al, 2011) etc. In this article, BATZM was synthesized and its crystal structure is reported.…”