treated with allyl bromide (5equiv) in CH2Cl2 at room temperature for 48 h, in the presence of the Grubbs–Hoveyda catalyst [3](A, 2 mol%), to produce 2 in 48% yield with good stereoselectivity (E, E/E, Z> 95: 5).[4] Subsequent phosphonation of the dienic allylic bromide 2 under Michaelis–Arbuzov conditions led to the formation of diethylphosphonate 3 in 99% yield.[5] It is worth noting that a cross-metathesis