Abstract The novel high nitrogen-containing energetic complex [Cd (DAT) 6](NO 3) 2 was synthesized by reaction of Cd (NO 3) 2· 6H 2 O with 1, 5-diamino-tetrazole (DAT). It was characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The central Cd 2+ ion is coordinated by six nitrogen atoms from six DAT ligand molecules to form a hexacoordinate distorted octahedral compound. The [Cd (DAT) 6](NO ...