Functionally substituted derivatives of pyridine-2-(1H)-thione, and their tautomers 2-mercaptopyridines, and also their partially hydrogenated analogs have been enduring compounds in the arsenal of fine chemical synthesis for the last twenty years as promising reactive synthons [2-4], opening broad vistas for the preparation of a series of condensed heterocyclic systems [5][6][7]. Nevertheless there is only solary reports in the literature on the problem of aminomethylation of 2-mercaptopyridines [8]. It follows from multitudinous data in the literature that aminomethylation of 2-mercaptoazoles and -azines is a general method for the preparation of condensed derivatives of 1,3,5-thiadazines. In particular, derivatives of sym-triazolo [3,4-b] [1,3,5]thiadiazine [9-16], thiazolo[3',4':1,5][1,2,4]triazolo[3,4-b][1,3,5]thiadiazine [17], imidazo[2,1-b][1,3,5]thiadiazine [18, 19], 1,2,4-triazino[3,2-b][1,3,5]thiadiazine [19], and 1,3,5-thiadiazino[3,2-a]benzimidazole [20] have been obtained by "double" Mannich condensations. We have shown previously with a series of 2-oxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyridine-6-thiolates that, depending on the structure of the substrate, aminomethylation can lead to the formation of _______ * For Communication 6, see [1].