A novel one-pot synthesis of 1, 1-dihalo-1-alkenes and 1, 1-bis (butyltelluro)-1-alkenes was developed from hydrozirconation of alkynylzinc bromide with Cp2Zr (H) Cl and subsequent capture of the Zn/Zr 1, 1-heterodimetallo-1-alkene intermediates with halogen and tellurium electrophiles. These protocols, which include multiple reactions in a one-pot procedure, allow the preparation of the potentially useful haloketene acetals and telluroketene ...