BuMgNiPr2: A New Base for Stoichiometric, Position-Selective Deprotonation of Cyclopropane Carboxamides and Other Weak CH Acids This work was supported in part by Eastman Chemical. We are grateful to Z. Hantosi and C.-H. Lee for trial experiments, to I. Steele for the X-ray analyses, and to Professor S. Shuto of Hokkaido University for samples of Milnacipran precursors.