In this study, simple and efficient synthetic routes to a family of uncommon group 4−zinc heterometallic alkoxides were developed. Single-source molecular precursors with the structures [Cp 2 TiZn(μ,η-OR)(THF)Cl 2 ] (1), [Zr 3 Zn 7 (μ 3 -O)-(μ 3 ,η 2 -OR) 3 (μ-OH) 3 (μ,η 2 -OR) 6 (μ,η-OR) 6 Cl 6 ] (2), and [Hf 3 Zn 7 (μ 3 -O)(μ 3 ,η 2 -OR) 3 (μ-OH) 3 (μ,η 2 -OR) 6 (μ,η-OR) 6 Cl 6 ] (3) were prepared via reduction of Cp 2 TiCl 2 with metallic zinc or protonolysis of the metal−cyclopentadienyl bond in Cp 2 M′Cl 2 (M′ = Zr or Hf) in the presence of 2-methoxyethanol (ROH) and Zn(OR) 2 . This synthetic route enables the creation of compounds with well-defined molecular structures and therefore provides precursors suitable for obtaining group 4−zinc oxides. Precursors 1−3 were characterized by elemental analysis, nuclear magnetic resonance and infrared spectroscopies, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Compound 1 decomposed at 800−900 °C to give a mixture of binary metal oxides (i.e., Zn 2 Ti 3 O 8 , ZnTiO 3 , or Zn 2 TiO 4 ) and common polymorphs of TiO 2 and ZnO. After calcination at 1000 °C, only TiO 2 and the high-temperature-stable phase Zn 2 TiO 4 were observed. Thermolysis of compounds 2 and 3 gave mixtures of ZnO and ZrO 2 or HfO 2 , respectively. The obtained ZnO−ZrO 2 and ZnO−HfO 2 mixed oxide materials have constant phase compositions across a broad temperature range and therefore are attractive host lattices for Eu 3+ for applications as yellow/red double-light-emitting phosphors. It was established that Eu 3+ ions were successfully introduced into the ZnO and ZrO 2 /HfO 2 lattices. It was revealed that Eu 3+ ions prefer to occupy low-symmetry sites in ZrO 2 /HfO 2 rather than in ZnO.