Chiral racemic rhenium thioaldehyde complexes [CpRe(NO)(PPh3)(η2-S=CHR)]PF6 (2a–g) bearing functionalized aliphatic groups R [R = CH2Ph (a), COOEt (b), CH2COOMe (c), CH2C(O)NHCH2Ph (d), (R)-CH(NC8H4O2)COOMe (e), (S,S)-CH(Me)C(O)NC4H7COOMe (f), C4H3O (g)] have been obtained by hydride abstraction from the corresponding thiolate complexes [CpRe(NO)(PPh3)(SCH2R)] (1a–g). With the exception of 2b, only single stereoisomers with like configurations at rhenium and the thioaldehyde carbon atom were obtained. In some cases, the corresponding sulfinate complexes [CpRe(NO)(PPh3)(SO2CH2R)] (3d–f) were formed as by-products. The analogous toluenesulfinate complex [CpRe(NO)(PPh3){SO2(4-C6H4CH3)}] (3a) has been prepared from [CpRe(NO)(PPh3)(THF)]BF4 (8), and the structure of 3e has been determined by X-ray crystallography. The use of phosphorus ligands other than PPh3 was briefly explored with the synthesis of [CpRe(NO)(PR′3)(η2-S=CHR)]PF6 (5a–d) [R′ = OPh, R = Ph (a), 4-C6H4Cl (b), R′ = iPr, R = Ph (c), H (d)]. Nucleophilic addition of NaSMe to [CpRe(NO)(PPh3){η2-S=CH(4-C6H4OMe)}]PF6 (5e) gave the dithioacetal complex [CpRe(NO)(PPh3){SCH(SMe)(4-C6H4OMe)}] (9) in high yield and with low diastereoselectivity. Diels–Alder additions of 5a, e with 2,3-dimethylbutadiene and 2,3-dimethoxy-butadiene gave complexes of cyclic thioethers (10a–c). From the relative rates of reaction (5a >> 5e) and the low diastereoselectivity, it was concluded that the cycloadditions as well as the nucleophilic addition proceed via the linkage isomers [CpRe(NO)(PR′3)(η1-S=CHR)]PF6.