Commonly occurring product ions for PC(18:0/18:4(6Z,9Z,12Z,15Z)) (View full structure)

m/zIon DescriptionStructure (click to enlarge)
816.5316Precursor ion [M.chloride]-
766.5392Loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
695.4657Loss of choline and chloride from precursor ion
508.3409Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O), CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
500.2783Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O), CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
490.3303Neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group, loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
482.2677Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group, loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
283.2643sn1 RCOO- ion
275.2017sn2 RCOO- ion
231.2118Loss of CO2 from sn2 RCOO- ion (PUFA)
224.0693Glycerophosphocholine with loss of CH3 and H2O
168.0431Phosphocholine with loss of CH3
152.9958Glycerol-3-phosphate ion with loss of H2O
96.9696H2PO4- ion (from phosphate)
78.9591PO3- ion (from phosphate)
Note: Structures of product ions may represent one of a number of possible isobaric molecules in some cases