Tchahcdron Letters. Vol. 33, No. 8, pp. 1041.I@&1992 Priitcd in Great Britain ... IMIDAZOLE AND PYRROLE: NEW “DUMMY” LIGAND ALTERNATIVES ... Bruce H. Lipshutz,* Paul Fatheree, William Hagen, and Kirk L. Stevensg Department of Chemistry University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 [FAX: 805-893-41201 ... Summary: Treatment of N-iithioimidazole or N-lithiopyrrole with CuCN followed by an organolithium leads