Abstract This study presents the preparation of 5-azido-3-nitro-1H-1, 2, 4-triazole (1) in both good yield and high purity, starting from commercially available chemicals in a three step synthesis. Furthermore, several metal and nitrogen-rich salts with sodium (3), potassium (4), cesium (5), silver (6), lead (7), ammonium (8), guanidinium (9), and aminoguanidinium (10) were prepared by simple acid-base reactions. All compounds were well characterized by ...