“…In continuation of our efforts for synthesis of organic compounds using sustainable protocols (Gawande et al, 2013a,b,c,d, 2014a,b,c; Kale et al, 2013; Sharma et al, 2015), in this work, we have successfully developed a mild and ecofriendly synthesis of benzyl phosphonates using PEG/KI as a catalytic system. In this protocol, PEG not only acts as a reaction medium but also as a PTC.…”