Commonly occurring product ions for PC(13:0/15:0) (View full structure)

m/zIon DescriptionStructure (click to enlarge)
712.4690Precursor ion [M.chloride]-
662.4766Loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
591.4031Loss of choline and chloride from precursor ion
466.2939Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O), CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
448.2834Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group, loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
438.2626Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O), CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
420.2521Neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group, loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
241.2173sn2 RCOO- ion
224.0693Glycerophosphocholine with loss of CH3 and H2O
213.1860sn1 RCOO- ion
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