Acrylic polymers bearing pendant azide and propargyl groups were synthesized by chemical transformation of epoxy- and carboxylic functional acrylic precursor polymers and were characterized. (-1) to 25 kJ mol(-1) on catalyzing the cure reaction as estimated by Ozawa method. Differential scanning calorimetric analysis indicated thermal decomposition of the residual azide groups at around 200-220 degrees C, which was catalyzed by Cu(I) with associated activation energy of 130-94 kJ mol(-1). Isothermal cure reaction and decomposition of the azide groups were predicted using these parameters. Estimation of crosslink density by solvent swelling and dynamic mechanical analyses showed a normal crosslinking behavior. While the solvent swelling rate and the equilibrium swelling decreased, the front factor and diffusion coefficient of swelling showed a transition from non-Fickian to Fickian as the triazole concentration increased in the network. The click reaction offered an alternate means to crosslink acrylate polymers. (C) 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 130: 1289-1300, 2013