Recent Advances in Transition Metal Catalyzed Synthesis of <i>β</i> ‐Enaminones and <i>β</i> ‐Enaminoesters

β-Enaminones and β-enaminoesters are reactive and versatile building blocks in organic synthesis. It is worthy to emphasize the synthetic routes to these useful intermediates. This minireview offers a comprehensive coverage of the development of transition metal catalyzed synthesis of β-enaminones and β-enaminoesters, with a sequence of condensation of amines with β-dicarbonyl compounds, aldol-type addition of ketones to nitriles, N−H olefination of amines and sulfonamides, amination of propargyl alcohols and ynones, multi-component reactions, and other reactions.