An efficient method for the reduction of aromatic azides to anilines via the Staudinger reaction using tri-n-butylphosphonium tetrafluoroborate with triethylamine in aqueous tetrahydrofuran solution is reported. The method enables the aromatic azido-selective reduction of 3-azido-5-(azidomethyl) benzene derivatives to efficiently afford anilines bearing an azidomethyl group.