LiAlH4 and NaBH4 were found to mediate the conversion of 2-(pyrimidyl-2-ylsulfanyl)-N-arylbenzamides and 2-(triazinyl-2-ylsulfanyl)-N-arylbenzamides into pyrimidyl and triazinyl amines under notably mild conditions via a novel reductive rearrangement mechanism. These reactions invent a newroute to prepare amines, which are a kind of important biologically active compounds and provide the first insight