Abstract: The hydrogenated cardanol(HC) was prepared from cardanol, and then reacted with allyl glycidyl ether(AGE) to synthesize allyl ether type hydrogenated cardanol(AGE-HC). The AGE-HC reacted with methacrylic anhydride(MAA) to form allyl hydrogenated cardanol with ether bond and ester bond(MAA-AGE-HC).The characteristics of UV curing reaction of allyl cardanol monomers were studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FT-IR) and gel permeation chromatography(GPC), with allyl ether type cardanol(AGE-C) and allyl cardanol with ether bond and ester bond(MAA-AGE-C) as contrast.The results showed that the optimal UV curing reaction conditions of allyl cardanol monomers were as follows: electrodeless lamp (iron lamp, main wavelength 365 nm) as UV source, power 1 500 W, irradiation distance 40 mm, irradiation time 60 s, 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-phenyl-1-acetone(1173) as initiator with the dosage of 3% of the monomer by weight. The UV curing activities of allyl cardanols were MAA-AGE-C > MAA-AGE-HC > AGE-C > AGE-HC≈cardanol. Cardanol could be cured by UV light under the condition of oxygen or photoinitiator. The curing reaction rate could be accelerated by the combination of UV and high temperature. Furthermore, the allyl ester, allyl ether and allyl alkyl were gradually cured according to the activity of functional groupsby the photoinitiated radical polymerization and thermal initiated oxygen radical polymerization.