Stabilized cationically-curable compositions

A composition of matter comprising at least one salt of an organometallic complex cation wherein said cation comprises at least one carbon atom bonded to a transition metal atom and a Schiff base represented by formula VIII:

• ##STR29## wherein each R.sup.2 is hydrogen or a radical moiety which can be independently selected from C.sub.1 to C.sub.10 substituted and unsubstituted alkyl groups, and groups of one to four substituted or unsubstituted aromatic rings wherein two to four rings can be fused or unfused, or two R.sup.2 s together can form at least one ring which is saturated or unsaturated and the ring can be substituted or unsubstituted with alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl groups containing from 1 to 30 carbon atoms;
• the carbon atoms can be interrupted with up to 10 individual, non-catenated heteroatoms selected from O, S, and N;
• R.sup.3 is a radical moiety which can be independently selected from C.sub.1 to C.sub.10 substituted and unsubstituted alkyl groups, and groups of one to four substituted or unsubstituted aromatic rings wherein two to four rings can be fused or unfused, and the R.sup.3 s taken together can form a heterocyclic ring having 5 to 7 ring atoms, or R.sup.3 can be a difunctional group selected from alkylene having 3 to 10 carbon atoms and phenylene groups,
• and wherein d is 1 or 2.