Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt
N-substituted benzimidazole-2-carboxanilides
 Compounds of the general formula (I) ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each H, Cl, alkyl, alkoxy, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or phenylalkyl, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each H, alkyl, oxaalkyl, alkoxy, oxaalkoxy, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, phenylalkyl, phenoxy, phenylalkoxy, alkylcarbonylamino, benzoylamino, alkanoyloxy or benzoyloxy, n is 1 or 2 and R.sup.5 is -- when n is 1-alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, oxaalkyl, phenylalkyl or ##STR2## or -- when n is 2-akylene, cycloalkylene, alkenylene, oxaalkylene or ##STR3## where m is from 2 to 4, R.sup.6 is alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, phenylalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or naphthyl, and R.sup.7 is alkylene, alkenylene, cycloalkylene, substituted or unsubstituted phenylene, naphthylene, diphenylene, ##STR4## are effective light stabilizers for organic materials, in particular for polymers. 
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Gerhard Peter Peter Hubert
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