5-ATZ(5-Aminotetrazole), the nitrotetrazolate ion and friends

I recently prepared some 5-aminotetrazole (5-ATZ). After leaving the solution for 2 days, no more crystals appeared. I was wondering how much more 5-ATZ was left in the solution, so I filtered it and tried to form different metal salts.

Works nicely

The most promising salt seems to be cobalt(II)-5-aminotetrazolate (Co-5-ATZ). This was made by adding a warm solution of CoCl2 dropwise to the solution containing 5-ATZ. A flocculent dark-salmon colored precipate appeared immediately. The chromium(III) salt seems to be the most soluble (no precipate at all).

Maybe Co-5-ATZ can be used to recover 5-ATZ nearly quantitatively from solutions containing it?

The salt is somewhat difficult to dry and seems to go through several stages of hydration, but once thoroughly dried it makes DDT quite readily. 50mg wrapped in aluminium foil and heated over a flame are quite impressive, given the fact that its energetic properties are solely due to the high nitrogen content (there's no oxidizing species whatsoever in this stuff!)

I'm wondering if the guanidinium and hydrazinium salts of 5-ATZ have similar properties.

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