1-Nitroamino-1,2,3-triazole (5) was synthesized and its zwitterionic structure was established using single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The calculated detonation properties for 4-nitroamino-1,2,4-triazole (2) (P = 33.4 GPa, vD = 8793 m/s) and 1-nitroamino-1,2,3-triazole (5) (P = 33.0 GPa, vD = 8743 m/s) are comparable with RDX. A new family of energetic salts 7-21 based on either the 1-nitroamino-1,2,3-triazolate or the 4-nitroamino-1,2,4-triazolate anion were prepared and characterized by vibrational spectroscopy (IR), multinuclear NMR spectra, elemental analyses, density, TGA and DSC. The