The present invention relates to a novel method of synthesis of copper (I) 5-nitrotetrazolate. Particularly, for the synthesis of the copper (I) 5-nitrotetrazolate, the present invention uses a suitable salt of 5-aminotetrazole, preferably the sulfate or the nitrate salt as the starting compound. The selection of the said starting chemical not only eliminates any safety issue arising during Sandmeyer reaction conditions to affect the functional group conversion but also greatly improves the ease of executing the synthetic protocol, rendering the process safe to be adopted for commercial manufacture of the copper (I) 5-nitrotetrazolate compound.