Patent ID: 6547840
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: C08K,C08L,C11C

Abstract:
A composition which consists essentially of(a) candle wax which is white and unscented; white and scented; dyed and unscented; dyed and scented; dipped and unscented; or dipped and scented, and (b) an effective stabilizing amount of a combination of (i) an imidazolidine compound and (ii) a UV absorber or an antioxidant, or a UV absorber and an antioxidant, wherein the ratio by weight of (i) to (ii) is from 10:1 to 1:10, and wherein the imidazolidine compound is of formula (Ia) whereR1 and R2 are independently alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or R1 and R2 together are tetramethylene, pentamethylene or pentamethylene substituted by methyl; and R3 and R4 are independently hydrogen, oxyl, hydroxyl, aralkyl of 7 to 15 carbon atoms, alkoxy of 1 to 24 carbon atoms, alkyl of 1 to 42 carbon atoms, said alkyl substituted by one or two hydroxyl groups, said alkyl substituted by alkylcarbonyloxy of 2 to 18 carbon atoms, or said alkyl interrupted by one to twenty oxygen atoms and substituted by one hydroxyl, by alkylcarbonyloxy of 2 to 18 carbon atoms or by 4-hydroxy-3,5-di-tert-butylbenzoyloxy.