A series of single hydrophobic chain high-energy surfactants with a nitrate group and an alkyl chain length of between C8 and C14 were synthesized using novel approaches. The structures of the obtained compounds were characterized by 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, MS and IR spectroscopies. In addition, the physical and chemical properties of these high-energy surfactants were measured by the surface tension method and their principal surface activity parameters such as cmc, γcmc, pC20, cmc/C20, Γmax, and Amin...