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In the presence of Lewis acid such as SnCl2, the reactions of trimethylsilyl azide with ketones readily gave 1:1- or 1:2-adduct, which reacted with Lewis acid to afford tetrazole.
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Nishiyama et al. (1984) studied this question.
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