A facile and efficient approach to synthesis β-ketoamides from β-enaminoesters via Ag(I) catalysis is described. A first catalytic protocol has been developed with broad substrate scope in good to excellent yields. The cross over experimentssuggested that the reaction underwent a new pathway and not through the traditional condensation intermediates ethyl benzoylacetateand aniline. In this reaction the C-O and C-N bond formations were undergone to give the desired compound. A gram scale synthesis was successfully demonstrated with the optimized reaction conditions.