[OC pro]

It doesn´t matter if it stinks. All the matter is if the reaction works  .
But I agree...organosulfur chemistry is a bit painful. I was running reactions with Lawesson´s reagent on a several hundred grams scale last week. My technician who had to conduct the experiments was a bit pissed...

[discodermolide]

Use mild hydrogenation, azide to amine. Be aware the system you generate will be a redox system, that is the N-oxide can move between the two nitrogen atoms, so you will end up with a mixture of N-oxides

[jake.n]

Another stinky reduction from tetrahedron:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6THR-4789VFT-S&_user=10&_coverDate=12%2F09%2F2002&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_origin=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1530029010&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=1bc9f6b4a27c3ef2a3b66fa38490b7ea&searchtype=a#toc5

I cannot view the article without going to the library, but the abstract looks promising.