1H, 13C and 15N NMR data are reported for nine tetrazoles. Five of these compounds are found to exhibit valence tautomeric equilibrium between the tetrazole and azide forms. The position of this equilibrium at 298 K is found to be dependent on the solvent and the position and nature of the substituent. More polar solvents favour the tetrazole form. Protonation studies on the two forms using TFA as a solvent are reported. The favoured site of protonation is found to be N-4 for the azide form and N-1 for the tetrazole form.
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Cmoch et al. (1997) studied this question.