“…Practically, the amidation of α-oxocarboxylic acids has turned out to be a general approach for obtaining α-ketoamide and its derivatives. Besides, other substrates such as acetophenones, α-ketoaldehydes or keto acids, arylethanols, styrenes, phenylacetylenes, alkylarenes, halides, α-hydroxyketone, 9 arylacetic acid, 10 enaminone, 11 benzoylacetonitrile, 12 α-aminocarbonyl, 13 diazo compounds, 14 benzofuran-3(2 H )-ones, 15 etc. have been introduced to synthesize α-ketoamides (Scheme 1a).…”