The invention discloses a method of preparing alpha-ketoamide with a micro-reaction apparatus, which includes the following steps: 1) mixing an alpha-methyl benzyl alcohol compound, an amine compound,an acid binding agent, 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl piperidine oxide and dichloromethane to obtain a heterogeneous solution; 2) mixing the heterogeneous solution with an organic iron catalyst solution to forma mixture solution, and respectively meanwhile pumping the mixture solution and oxygen gas into a micro-reactor in the micro-reaction apparatus to form a gas-liquid-solid mixture, and performing a reaction, after the reaction is finished, collecting an effluent liquid to obtain the alpha-ketoamide (III). With the organic iron catalyst for catalytically synthesizing the alpha-ketoamide, mixing status of the reactants is improved; the organic iron catalyst is better than ferric trichloride in solubility in the solvent, so that a problem of pipe blocking due to aggregation of ferric trichlorideparticles, thus accelerating homogenization of the system. The organic iron catalyst enables reaction conditions to be more gentle, reaction temperature being only 25-45 DEG C.