Recently, alkyne complexes with terminal thiolate/ amide substitution have been shown to act as S,N-chelate ligands in dinuclear complexes. In this study, the detailed synthesis and reactivity of W(II) alkyne complexes bearing different amino groups in the α-position are reported. The preparative scheme starts with cationic alkyne complexes [Tp′W(CO) 2 -η 2 -C,C′-C 2 Br(SR)]PF 6 {Tp′ = hydridotris(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)borate, R = benzyl (Bn), C 2 H 4 SiMe 3 }, which are obtained by applying free bromo alkynes. Subsequent nucleophilic substitution of the bromine substituent led to unsymmetrical substituted alkyne complexes [Tp′W(CO) 2 -η 2 -C,C′-C 2 (SR)(NHBn)]PF 6 with S,N substitution in the α position of the coordinated alkyne. Depending on the base used, deprotonation of the secondary amine resulted in either neutral iminoketenyl complexes [Tp′W(CO) 2 -η 2 -C,C′-C 2 (SR)(NBn)] or a zwitterionic PF 5 adduct. Reductive removal of the benzyl protective group was primarily observed at the imine substituent, causing a side-on/end-on rearrangement to the cyanide substituted carbene complex K[Tp′W(CO) 2 -η 1 -C(CN)(SBn)]. The reversibility of the rearrangement was proven with HBF 4 /Et 2 O, because double protonation led to [Tp′W(CO) 2 -η 2 -C,C′-C 2 (SR)(NH 2 )]BF 4 exhibiting an unprecedented primary amine substitution at the coordinated alkyne. The reaction sequence starting with the thiol SC 2 H 4 SiMe 3 derivative leading to the desired [Tp′W(CO) 2 -η 2 -C,C′-C 2 S(NHBn)] with a terminal S atom as well as the bonding situation in those complexes is discussed based on full spectroscopic characterization including X-ray structure analyses. Finally, a trinuclear complex assembled by homoleptic coordination of Pd(II) by two anionic S,N-chelates [Tp′W(CO) 2 -η 2 -C,C′-C 2 S(NBn)] − is presented.