In the last few decades,nitroimidazoles have been investigated mostly due to their properties as antibiotics,radiosensitizers and anti-protozoans[1 -3].Recently these nitroimidazoles,such as 2,4-dinitroimidazole,1-methyl-2,4,5-trinitroimidazole and their energetic salts, have attracted renewed attention for their favorable explosive performance as well as improved safety characteristics[4,5].Because of the activity of cyano group,2-nitro-4,5-dicyano-1 H-imidazole (NDCI) could be used as an intermediate in the synthesis of novel energetic materials containing nitroimidazole moiety.NDCI has been synthesized by the procedure given by Yixin Lu and coworkers[6],where the diazotization reaction and the Sandmeyer reaction were separately achieved.NDCI was obtained by adding a solution of sodium nitrite to 2-diazo4,5-dicyanoimidazole which was generated by diazotization of 2-amino-4,5-dicyano-1H-imidazole ( ADCI ) with sodium nitrite in water-hydrochloric acid and collected by filtration.Dry 2-diazo-4,5-dicyanoimidazole was so sensitive to shock that its separation may cause explosion[7].