A novel environmentally friendly octahedrally coordinated 2D polymeric complexes bis(1,5-diaminotetrazole) -dichlorozinc(II) (Zn(DAT)2Cl2) was first designed based on the the crystal data of bis(1,5-diaminotetrazole)- dichlorocopper(II) (Cu(DAT)2Cl2). Density functional theory (DFT) was used to predict the optimized geometries at TPSSTPSS/6-311G(d, p) level. Densities and detonation properties were evaluated using the electron cloud enclosed volume and VLW equation of state (VLW EOS), respectively. Calculation results show that the density of Zn(DAT)2Cl2 (2.117 g · cm(-1)) is a bit more than that of Cu(DAT)2Cl2 (2.106 g · cm(-1)). The calculated high positive heat of formation (HOF) predicts that the stabilities of the title compounds decrease in the order Zn(DAT)2Cl2 > Cu(DAT)2Cl2, which agrees with the result of bond dissociation energies (BDE). Even though they have the same molecule structures, their first scission steps are different. Furthermore, the title two compounds show good detonation velocities and pressures compared with that of bis-(5-nitro-2H-tetrazolato-N (2)) tetraamminecobalt(III) perchlorates (BNCP), and they are potential candidates for high-energy-density materials (HEDM).