Radical copolymerizations of allyl a-(Nma1eimido)acetate (AMI) with styrene (D, electron-donor) or maleic anhydride (A, electron-acceptor) were carried out in benzene and/or methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) at 50-70 "C in the presence of 2,2'-azoisobutyronitrile (AIBN) as initiator. The structure and properties of copolymers synthesized were derived from IR, chemical, DTA and TGA analyses. Side-chain unsaturation of macromolecules was also proved by the crosslinking effect observed. Kinetic parameters of copolymerization such as complex-formation (K,), cyclization (kc,,), and copolymerization constants and ratios of chain growth rates for the participation of monomer charge transfer complexes (CTC) and free monomers for both systems were obtained: K, = 0,20 i 0,Ol and 0,05 f 0,005 L/mol in CH3COOH-d4 at 35 i 0,l "C ('H NMR method) for D...AMI and AML.. A complexes, respectively; kcyc * lo5 = 1.71 and 0,66 L/(mol * s), rl = 0,13 i 0,Ol and 0,037 i 0,002, r2 = 0,048 * 0.002 and 0,052 * 0,002 (by Kelen-TudQ method), kI2/ kZ1 = 0,20 and 0,62, klc/k12 = 0,6 and 29,8, k2clk21 = 4,8 and 9,l for the D-AM1 and AMI-A systems, respectively. The results show that alternating cyclocopolymerization reactions are realized which are carried out via a "mixed" mechanism in the D-AM1 system and via a "complex" mechanism in the AMI-A system, with formation of cyclolinear macromolecules containing side-chain unsaturated fragments of "allyl" (D-AM1 copolymer) and "imide" (AMI-A copolymer) types. The synthesized copolymers easily undergo crosslinking by thermotreatment (105 "C, 30 min) and/or by UV-irradiation (25 "C, 15 min), which was confirmed by DTA and TGA analyses.