Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt
Polycyclic compounds
 Polycyclic compounds of the general formula (I) ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently of one another are each hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, pyridyl or phenylalkyl, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together form a trimethylene or tetramethylene group, W, X, Y and Z independently of one another are each C--R.sup.6 or nitrogen, one or more of the radicals W, X, Y or Z being C--R.sup.6, R.sup.6 is hydrogen, --CO.sub.2 R.sup.7, --CONR.sup.7 R.sup.8, cyano or hydroxymethyl and R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 are each hydrogen, alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, cycloalkyl, a 5-membered or 6-membered heterocyclic structure or phenylalkyl, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each hydrogen or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 together form a group of the formula ##STR2## A is a chemical bond, alkylene, ##STR3## or cycloalkylene, m and o are each from 1 to 20, R.sup.9 is alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenylalkyl or unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, M is a group of the formula ##STR4## and can be bonded to A both with the nitrogen atom and with the carbon atom, and R.sup.10, R.sup.11, R.sup.12 and R.sup.13 independently of one another are each alkyl, or R.sup.10 and R.sup.11 or R.sup.12 and R.sup.13 together form a tetramethylene or pentamethylene group, B is a chemical bond, alkylene or phenylalkylene or is alkylene which is interrupted by carbonyl, carboxamide or a carboxylic ester group, R.sup.5 is hydrogen, cyano, hydroxyl, ##STR5## R.sup.14 is hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenylalkyl, phenyl or a 5-membered or 6-membered heterocyclic structure, or M--B--R.sup.5 is a group of the formula ##STR6## in which case A must not be a chemical bond and R.sup.15 is alkyl, R.sup.16 is hydrogen, alkyl or alkoxy and R.sup.17 is hydrogen or alkyl, have extremely good stabilizing properties and no natural color and are very compatible with organic polymers. They also have a low vapor pressure and are stable to thermal decomposition. 
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Hubert Peter Alexander
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