A novel and efficient scandium-catalyzed oxidative reaction between ynamides and alcohols for the facile synthesis of various a-alkoxyl amides is reported in this paper. The reaction avoids the need for the use of adiazo carbonyls which are unstable and may cause some safety concerns. Instead, by using alkynes as the starting materials, this protocol features readily available substrates, compatibility with a broad range of functional groups, simple procedure, mild reaction conditions, and high chemoselectivity.