Stabilized crosslinking composition

A stabilized crosslinking composition consisting essentially of:

• (I) a compound of Formula I:
• A′-NRA—RD (Formula 1),
• in which A′ is selected from:
• (a) a monovalent moiety of a compound selected from:
• linear ureas, cyclic ureas, cyanuric acid, substituted cyanuric acids, linear amides, cyclic amides, glycolurils, hydantoins, linear carbamates, cyclic carbamates and mixtures thereof, and (b) a moiety of Formula 2:
• RA is selected from:
• RD, hydrogen, C1-20alkyl, and where RA taken together with A′ forms a cyclic compound;
• RD is <—CHRCORB, where
• RB is selected from:
• hydrogen, C1-24alkyl, C3-24aryl, C4-24aralkyl and C4-24alkaryl;
• and
• RC is selected from:
• optionally halogenated C1-24alkyl;
• C3-24aryl, optionally halogenated C4-24aralkyl;
• C2-24alkoxyalkyl, and C4-24alkaryl, and
• A is a monovalent moiety of a compound selected from:
• linear ureas, cyclic ureas, cyanuric acid, substituted cyanuric acids, linear amides, cyclic amides, glycolurils, hydantoins, linear carbamates, cyclic carbamates and mixtures thereof;
• B is a divalent residue of a poly(alkylaldehyde) with n aldehyde groups;
• n is an integer of from 2 to 8 (inclusive);
• Ra is selected from:
• Rd, hydrogen, C1-20alkyl and where Ra taken together with A forms a cyclic compound;
• and
• Rb selected from:
• hydrogen, C1-24alkyl, C3-24aryl, C4-24aralkyl and C4-24alkaryl;
• where
• Rd is selected from:
• a radical <—CHRCORb and a moiety of Formula 3:
• Rc is selected from:
• optionally halogenated C1-24alkyl;
• C3-24aryl;
• optionally halogenated C4-24aralkyl;
• C2-24alkoxyalkyl;
• and C4-24alkaryl;
• and where, when A′ is from a compound other than triazine, the alkyl and aryl groups in each radical may optionally have heteroatoms in their structure;
• (II) a carboxylic acid group containing organic acid stabilizer in amount of from 1:50 to 50:1 moles of the amount of moles of (I) the compound of Formula 1;
• and
• (III) a solvent.