Golden duality: Tetrazoles are formed by the reaction of alkynes with TMSN3 (TMS=trimethylsilyl) in the presence of iPrOH and the gold(I) catalyst [JohnPhosAu(MeCN)]SbF6. In this transformation gold plays a dual role, first activating the alkyne and then generating a Brønsted acid in situ.
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Gaydou et al. (2013) studied this question.