Synthesis and properties of 10 kinds of nitroimidazoles energetic materials were reviewed, including 1, 4-dinitroimidazole (1, 4-DNI), 2, 4-dinitroimidazole(2, 4-DNI), 4, 5-dinitroimidazole (4, 5-DNI), 2, 4, 5-trinitroimidazole (2, 4, 5-TNI), 1-methyl-2, 4-dinitroimidazole (2, 4-MDNI), 1-methyl-4, 5-dinitroimidazole (4, 5-MDNI), 1-methyl-2, 4, 5-trinitroimidazole (MTNI), 1-picryl-2, 4-dinitroimidazole (2, 4-PDNI), 1-carboethoxy-2, 4, 5-trinitroimidazole (CTNII), 1-picryl-2, 4, 5-trinitroimidazole (PTNI). The high energy and insensitive explosives, such as 1, 4-DNI, 2, 4-DNI and MTNI, were summarized in detail and the disadvantages in the synthesis of these materials were pointed out. And a new synthetic route of MTNI was designed in theory, using N-methylimizole as starting material via iodination by iodination agent aqueous solution and nitration by super solid acidic.