Ytterbium and lanthanum triflates were used as cationic initiators to cure mixtures of diglycidylether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) and Meldrum acid (MA) in several proportions of comonomers and initiators. The evolution of epoxy and lactone groups during curing, and of linear ester formed in the final materials were evaluated by Fourier transform infrared in the attenuated-total-reflection mode (FTIR/ATR).