Aldehyde scavenger and method for removing aldehydes

A method for removing aldehydes, comprising:

• bringing an aldehyde scavenger into contact with an aldehyde generation source to remove the aldehydes,
• wherein the aldehyde scavenger includes at least one O-substituted hydroxylamine, or at least one chemically acceptable salt of the O-substituted hydroxylamine, and the chemically acceptable salt is at least one of a hydrochloride, a hydrobromide, a perchlorate, a silicate, a tetrafluoroborate, a hexafluorophosphate, a sulfate, a nitrate, a phosphate, an acetate, a citrate, a fumarate, a maleate, a trifluoromethanesulfonate, a trifluoroacetate, a benzoate, and a p-toluenesulfonic acid salt,
• wherein the O-substituted hydroxylamine has formula (1)
• R1—ONH2 (1)
• where R1 is a methyl group or an ethyl group which, at a chemically acceptable position, is substituted by at least a carboxy group and is optionally further substituted by a phenyl group.