Patent ID: 8216596

Claim:
A stabilized composition comprising (a) a body care product and (b) an effective stabilizing amount of one or more compounds of formula (I) wherein G 1 and G 2 are independently alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms or are together pentamethylene; Z 1 and Z 2 are each methyl, or Z 1 and Z 2 together form an unsubstituted linking moiety or a linking moiety substituted by one or more groups selected from an ester, ether, hydroxy, oxo, cyanohydrin, amide, amino, carboxy or an urethane group; E is alkoxy of 1 to 18 carbon atoms, cycloalkoxy of 5 to 12 carbon atoms or aralkoxy of 7 to 15 carbon atoms, or E is —O-T-(OH) b , T is a straight or branched chain alkylene of 1 to 18 carbon atoms, cycloalkylene of 5 to 18 carbon atoms, cycloalkenylene of 5 to 18 carbon atoms, a straight or branched chain alkylene of 1 to 4 carbon atoms substituted by phenyl or by phenyl substituted by one or two alkyl groups of 1 to 4 carbon atoms; b is 1, 2 or 3 with the proviso that b cannot exceed the number of carbon atoms in T, and when b is 2 or 3, each hydroxyl group is attached to a different carbon atoms of T; HY is an inorganic or organic acid; and, wherein the total charge of cations is equal to the total charge of anions; and BM is a basic material selected from the group consisting of alkali metal hydroxides, alkaline earth metal hydroxides, and amines.