Ab initio study of electronic structure and properties of crystalline of 1,5-diamino-1,2,3,4-tetrazole

Density functional method was applied to study 1,5-diamino-1,2,3,4- tetrazole (DAT, CH₄N₆) in both gaseous and bulk states. The banding and electronic structures of crystalline have been investigated at DFT-B3LYP/ 6-311G** level of theory. Relaxed crystal structure compares well with experimental data. The light fluctuation of the frontier orbital, which is mainly formed by atomic orbital of N(4) (heterocycle), is the most reactive part of the molecule, which is in good agreement with the experimental results. The energy gap is 9.035 eV, which indicates that DAT is an insulator. The distribution of electrostatic potential is uniform, indicating DAT is insensitive. The charge density of the intermolecular regions in the plane is not overlaid, indicating that the intermolecular interaction between the neighboring molecules along this direction in the bulk is very weak. The overlap populations of N(1) - N(2) bonds are much less than those of other bonds, therefore the N(1) - N(2) bonds first rupture by external stimuli.