The selective electrophilic monofluorination and monochlorination of a wide variety of diethyl benzylphosphonates have been realized in a one-pot procedure. The monohalogenation was accomplished by intermediate of a benzylic carbanion protected with TMSCI using N-fluorobenzenesulfonimide (NFBS) and hexachloroethane, respectively. After mild removal of protecting group, this procedure delivers the α- ...