Patent ID: 7342143

Claim:
A method for producing a polyalphaolefin product having a low concentration of organic halide, said method comprises: contacting a polyalphaolefin feedstock, said polyalphaolefin feedstock comprises polyalphaolefin, an unsaturated compound and an organic halide, with a hydrogenation catalyst having dual functionality such that it is effective in both the conversion of at least a portion of said organic halide in said polyalphaolefin feedstock and the hydrogenation of at least a portion of said unsaturated compound of said polyalphaolefin feedstock, wherein said contacting is conducted under reaction conditions suitable for the conversion of at least a portion of said organic halide to form hydrogen halide and for the hydrogenation of at least a portion of said unsaturated compound, thereby providing an intermediate polyalphaolefin product having a concentration of an hydrogen halide; and removing at least a portion of said hydrogen halide from said intermediate polyalphaolefin product to thereby provide said polyalphaolefin product.