Will this work on substituted phenols? Say if someone wanted to demethoxylate anethole or 4-MA would there be interferance from the other functional groups?

From Electrolytic hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis of phenols at platinum black electrodes:

Non-electrolytic catalysed hydrogenation of phenols at platinum is well documented'-3 and there are at least four types of processes:

(i) Partial ring reduction to form cyclohexanones.
(ii) Complete ring reduction without hydrogenolysis to form cyclohexanols.
(iii) Hydrogenolysis without ring reduction to form benzenes.
(iv) Hydrogenolysis with ring reduction to form cyclohexanes.

Under mild conditions hydrogenolysis without ring reduction, process (iii), is rarely observed but the other three major processes are common. The amount of hydrogenolysis to cyclohexanes is usually enhanced in acidic media and polyhydric phenols hydrogenolyse more readily than monophenols.

Ok maybe I worded my question wrong. Is there a means that is effective with substituted phenols. Thats the problem I seem to be running into with most methods is the substitution get in the way of any effective means of the hydroxyl removal. Allmost all seem very harse conditions required to remove it.

^ Dude, I attached it.

Sorry about that, I didn't see it attached.

I know Iv been wasting my time for a while now looking for an efficiant means but some people may have a mass of substrate that no one wants. It adds up after performing different test and it is very tempting to find a safe means of getting that methoxy off of 4-MA or anethol for any further experiments so atlest when there done it'll produce something worthwhile then Highblood pressure and a foggy head. Do you forsee any other option for 4-MA or anethole to something else?

Ammonium persulfate is readily available for numerous places on line. It is used to make sequencing gels, if i remember right. Any biotech supply store should have it.  There are a bunch that sell to individuals w/ a CC. How much are you trying to source?  Are you trying to make it as a cost saving measure?

Depending on the amount you need it runs like 20-30$ /100 or like 50$ a Kg. 

I was wondering, if it would be safe/workable to use glycerol as a substitute for ethylene glycol when making terephthalic acid from PETE using this probably well known method.. http://www.sciencemadness.org/member_publications/terephthalic_acid_from_PET.pdf

Got another quick question but please lets not over look the last.

Formic acid can be used to reduce enamines as per the paper I will attach.

Heating Pseudo ephedrines and is derivitives with H2SO4 dehydrates the ephedrines to a reversible state between an enamine and an imine. After the dehydration would the addition of concentrated Formic acid reduce the enamine to the amine without the amine reversing to the previous states due to the highly acetic H2SO4.

If this would not work how could one go about isolating the formed enamine or amine?

sedit: I suppose the yields will not compair. I'm not sure, but i think Cu(I) can catalyse only aryl halides reactions. This surely should have been known, if it could work same with alkylhalides. I don't know why this is like that, maybe alkylcuprates are less stable. Besides, any NH3 or methylamine would fly away at that T.
The second paper's reaction which uses NH3 does not need any catalyst at all (i don't know why they used Cu), because it is having different mechachanism: addition of ammonia takes place prior to Br- elimination, because the negative charge is accepted by ring nitrogen and is stabilized. In case of usual aromatic halides(if there were C instead of N in ring) such addition could not be possible, and the temperature required would be too high to keep NH3 in solution.
And alkylhalides reaction with amines has another mechanism, called SN2 (synchronous addition of amine and elimination of bromine).
As for isolation of imine, i suppose it is impossible - they are unstable and any traces of free water would kill them. Better to isolate corresponding ketone and make enamine with methylamine(sorry, forgot that there is a problem with MA in US). Formic acid reacts with H2SO4 producing CO gas, but i dont know if that would be a problem for enamine reduction or not.