Patent ID: 7332105

Claim:
A composition comprising (A) a compound of the formula I wherein R is (CH 2 —CH 2 —O—) n —R 2 ; —CH 2 —CH(OH)—CH 2 —O—R 2 ; or —CH(R 3 )—CO—O—R 4 ; n is 0 or 1; R 2 is C 1 -C 13 alkyl or C 2 -C 20 alkenyl or C 6 -C 12 aryl or CO—C 1 -C 18 alkyl; R 3 is H or C 1 -C 8 alkyl; R 4 is C 1 -C 12 alkyl or C 2 -C 12 alkenyl or C 5 -C 8 cycloalkyl; and (B) a compound selected from benzotriazoles of the formula (IIa), 2-hydroxybenzophenones of the formula (IIb), oxalanilides of the formula (IIc), 2-hydroxyphenyltriazines of formula (IId), cinnamates of formula (IIe), and benzoates of formula (IIf) wherein T 1 is hydrogen, C 1 -C 18 alkyl, or C 1 -C 18 alkyl which is substituted by phenyl, or T 1 is a group of the formula L 1 is a divalent group, for example —(CH 2 ) n —, where n is from the range 1-8; T 2 is hydrogen, C 1 -C 18 alkyl, or is C 1 -C 18 alkyl which is substituted by COOT 5 , C 1 -C 18 alkoxy, hydroxyl, phenyl or C 2 -C 18 acyloxy; T 3 is hydrogen, halogen, C 1 -C 18 alkyl, C 1 -C 18 alkoxy, C 2 -C 18 acyloxy, phenyl, or is perfluoroalkyl of 1 to 12 carbon atoms; T 5 is C 1 -C 18 alkyl or C 4 -C 50 alkyl interrupted by one or more O and/or substituted by OH or by a group wherein G 1 , G 2 and G 3 independently are hydrogen, hydroxy or C 1 -C 18 alkoxy; wherein G 4 , G 5 , G 6 and G 7 independently are hydrogen, C 1 -C 12 alkyl or C 1 -C 12 alkoxy; wherein G 8 is C 1 -C 16 alkyl, or is C 4 -C 18 alkyl which is interrupted by COO or OCO or O, or is interrupted by O and substituted by OH; G 9 , G 10 , G 11 and G 12 independently are hydrogen, methyl, hydroxy or OG 8 ; wherein m is an integer from 1 to 4; G 15 is hydrogen or phenyl; if n is 1, G 16 is COO-G 19 ; if n is 2, G 16 is C 2 -C 12 alkane-dioxycarbonyl; if n is 3, G 16 is C 3 -C 12 alkane-trioxycarbonyl; if n is 4, G 16 is C 4 -C 12 alkane-tetraoxycarbonyl; G 17 is hydrogen, CN, or is COO-G 19 ; G 18 is hydrogen or methoxy; G 19 is C 1 -C 18 alkyl; wherein k is 1 or 2; when k is 1, G 20 is C 1 -C 18 alkyl, phenyl or phenyl substituted by C 1 -C 12 alkyl, and G 21 is hydrogen; when k is 2, G 20 and G 21 together are the tetravalent group G 22 and G 24 independently are hydrogen or C 1 -C 8 alkyl; G 23 is hydrogen or hydroxy, provided that R in formula (I) is (CH 2 —CH 2 —O—) n —R 2 if component (B) contains a 2-hydroxyphenyltriazine of formula (IId) wherein G 9 , G 10 , G 11 or G 12 are methyl.