Abstract (Arylthio) benzoic acids IIa-IIe and VIb-VId were transformed via the acid chlorides to the N, N-dimethylamides which were reduced either with diborane" in situ" or with lithium aluminium hydride to N, N-dimethyl-(arylthio) benzylamines Ia-Ie and Vb-Vd. Leuckart reaction of the aldehydes IX and X with dimethylformamide and formic acid afforded directly the amines Va and Ve. Demethylation of the methoxy compounds Ia and Ve with ...