Liquid antioxidants as stabilizers

A composition comprising

• .alpha.) an organic material subject to oxidative, thermal or light-induced degradation, and
• .beta.) an effective stabilizing amount of at least one product obtainable by reacting components a), b) and c)
• in a molar ratio of a), b) and c) which is 0.1:1:0.1 to 15:1:30, wherein
• component a) is a compound of formula I or a mixture of compounds of formula I,
• component b) is a compound of formula II or a mixture of compounds of formula II, and
• component c) is a compound of formula III or a mixture of compounds of formula III, ##STR92## in which, in the compound of formula I, the radicals Y are OH,
• a is the number 1, 2, 3, 4 or 6, where,
• when Y is OH and a is 1,
• X is C.sub.1 -C.sub.45 alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.18 alkenyl or --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 T.sub.1 (CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.b R.sub.4,
• T.sub.1 is oxygen or sulfur,
• R.sub.4 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl,
• b is an integer ranging from 0 to 10,
• when Y is OH and a is 2,
• X is --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 T.sub.2 (CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.b CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, in which b is as defined above, ##STR93## in which T.sub.2 is oxygen, sulfur or ##STR94## c is an integer ranging from 2 to 10, R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 independently of one another are hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl or phenyl, or R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 together with the C atom to which they are bonded form a C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 cycloalkyl ring, or
• when a is 3,
• X is C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 alkanetriyl or,
• when Y is OH and a is 4,
• X is C.sub.4 -C.sub.10 alkanetetrayl, ##STR95## or when Y is OH and a is 6,
• X is ##STR96## or C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 alkanehexayl;
• in the compound of the formula II,
• the radicals Z are hydrogen or a group of the formula ##STR97## k is an integer ranging from 0 to 6, in which h is 2 or 3,
• i is an integer ranging from 0 to 12, and
• R.sub.11 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.30 alkyl, C.sub.8 -C.sub.30 alkenyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 cycloalkyl, phenyl or C.sub.7 -C.sub.9 phenylalkyl, with the proviso that the compound of the formula II has a group ##STR98## and in the compound of the formula III,
• R.sub.12 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 cycloalkyl, phenyl or C.sub.7 -C.sub.9 phenylalkyl,
• R.sub.15 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 cycloalkyl, phenyl or C.sub.7 -C.sub.9 phenylalkyl,
• s is 0, 1 or 2,
• Q is ##STR99## in which R.sub.15 is as defined above, m is an integer ranging from 0 to 3,
• R.sub.16 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl, and
• n is an integer ranging from 1 to 6, where,
• when n is 1,
• R.sub.17 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.45 alkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 cycloalkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.18 alkenyl, a monovalent radical of a hexose, a monovalent radical of a hexitol, ##STR100## or furthermore R.sub.17 is --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --T.sub.3 --R.sub.19 or ##STR101## in which T.sub.3 is oxygen or sulfur,
• R.sub.19 is ##STR102## in which R.sub.12 and R.sub.15 are as defined above, or R.sub.19 is furthermore hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.24 alkyl, phenyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 cycloalkyl or ##STR103## in which p is an integer ranging from 2 to 4,
• q is an integer ranging from 2 to 20,
• R.sub.23 and R.sub.24 independently of one another are hydrogen or methyl, with the proviso that R.sub.23 and R.sub.24 are not simultaneously methyl;
• R.sub.25 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.24 alkyl, or,
• when n is 2,
• R.sub.17 is a divalent radical of a hexose, a divalent radical of a hexitol, ##STR104## in which p and q are as defined above, --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --T.sub.4 --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 --CH.dbd.CH--CH.sub.2 -- or --CH.sub.2 --C.tbd.C--CH.sub.2 --, in which R.sub.18 and R.sub.20 independently of one another are hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl or together are the radical --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --,
• r is an integer ranging from 2 to 10,
• T.sub.4 is sulfur or ##STR105## in which R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 are as defined above, or when n is 3
• R.sub.17 is a trivalent radical of a hexose, a trivalent radical of a hexitol or ##STR106## in which R.sub.27 is hydrogen, CH.sub.2 OH or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, or
• when n is 4,
• R.sub.17 is a tetravalent radical of a hexose, a tetravalent radical of a hexitol or C.sub.4 -C.sub.10 alkanetetrayl, or
• when n is 5,
• R.sub.17 is a pentavalent radical of a hexose or a pentavalent radical of a hexitol, or,
• when n is 6,
• R.sub.17 is a hexavalent radical of a hexitol or ##STR107##