Fluorene containing benzoxazine monomer (B-pbf) was synthesized from 9, 9-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl) fluorene, aniline, and paraformaldehyde via a solution method. The chemical structure of B-pbf was characterized with FTIR and (1)H-NMR. The curing reaction of B-pbf was investigated by nonisothermal differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) at different heating rates. The kinetic parameters and the kinetic models of the curing processes were examined utilizing Kissinger, Ozawa, Flynn-Wall-Ozawa, and Friedman methods. The average activation energy of the curing reaction was determined to be 95.1 kJ mol(-1) and 99.0 kJ mol(-1), respectively, according to Kissinger and Ozawa method. The autocatalytic kinetic model was found to be the best description of the investigated curing reaction. The reaction order m and n are 0.95 and 2.03, respectively. In addition, the predicted curves from the kinetic models fit well with the nonisothermal DSC thermograms. (C) 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 121: 2481-2487, 2011