Commonly occurring product ions for PC(16:0/23:5(8E,11E,14E,17E,20E)) (View full structure)

m/zIon DescriptionStructure (click to enlarge)
856.5629Precursor ion [M.chloride]-
806.5705Loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
735.4970Loss of choline and chloride from precursor ion
568.3409Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O), CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
550.3303Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group, loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
480.3096Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O), CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
462.2990Neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group, loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
343.2643sn2 RCOO- ion
299.2744Loss of CO2 from sn2 RCOO- ion (PUFA)
255.2330sn1 RCOO- ion
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