A one-pot, two-stepsynthesis of pyridine-2-ylmethyl thioethers is developed through a TFAA-mediated [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of pyridine N-oxides and TBAB-catalyzed direct conversion of trifluoroacetates into thioethers under metal- and base-free conditions. This methodology enables thiolation of the unactivated methyl C(sp3)–H bond in 2-picolines with thiols. Remarkable features of the method