A one-pot synthesis of various symmetrical and unsymmetrical 2-pyridyl-, 2-bromo-5-pyridyl-, and 2,5-dibromo-3-pyridyltellurium compounds has been carried out, at room temperature, by selective single bromine-magnesium exchange of 2-bromo-, 2,5-dibromo-and 2,3,5-tribromopyridine, respectively, with isopropylmagnesium chloride. This exchange reaction gives the corresponding pyridylmagnesium chlorides, which, upon insertion of elemental tellurium (activated), give the pyridyltelluromagnesium chlorides, and,