Patent ID: 8043526

Claim:
A stabilised composition consisting of: (A) a compound having the structure of Formula I: A′-NR A —R D (Formula I) wherein A′ is (a) a moiety derived from an amino compound, the said amino compound being selected from the group consisting of triazines, and mixtures thereof with linear or cyclic ureas, cyanuric acid, substituted cyanuric acids, linear or cyclic amides, glycolurils, hydantoins, linear or cyclic carbamates, or (b) a moiety comprising the structure of Formula II: wherein R A is R D , hydrogen, an alkyl of 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or taken together with A′ forms a cyclic compound; R D is —CHR C OR B , wherein R B is hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, aralkyl or an alkaryl having up to 24 carbon atoms and R C is an alkyl, halogenated alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, halogenated aralkyl, alkoxyalkyl or an alkaryl having up to 24 carbon atoms; A is a moiety which is a monovalent or divalent radical obtained by taking away an amino group —NHR′ or >NR from an amino compound selected from the group consisting of triazines, and mixtures thereof with linear or cyclic ureas, cyanuric acid, substituted cyanuric acids, linear or cyclic amides, glycolurils, hydantoins, linear or cyclic carbamates; B is a residue of a poly(alkylaldehyde) with n aldehyde groups; n is an integer of 2 to about 8; R a is R d , hydrogen, an alkyl of 1 to about 20 carbon atoms, or taken together with A forms a cyclic compound; wherein R d is CHR c OR b or a moiety of Formula III: wherein R b is hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, aralkyl or an alkaryl having up to 24 carbon atoms and R c is an alkyl, halogenated alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, halogenated aralkyl, alkoxyalkyl or an alkaryl having up to 24 carbon atoms; and wherein the alkyl or aryl groups in each radical may optionally have heteroatoms in their structure; wherein the compound of formula I is made by reacting an amino compound as defined in (a) with either or both of a mono(alkyl aldehyde) and a poly(alkyl aldehyde), where the mono(alkyl aldehyde) is selected from the group consisting of acetaldehyde, propionaldehyde, n-butyraldehyde, isobutyraldehyde, valeraldehyde, caproaldehyde, octylaldehyde, acrolein and crotonaldehyde, (B) an organic acid, wherein the amount of substance of the said organic acid used to stabilize the said crosslinking composition ranges from 1:2.5 to 50:1 moles of the said organic acid to moles of the compound of Formula I, and (C) a solvent.