Commonly occurring product ions for PC(16:0/18:3(6Z,9Z,12Z)) (View full structure)

m/zIon DescriptionStructure (click to enlarge)
790.5159Precursor ion [M.chloride]-
740.5236Loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
669.4501Loss of choline and chloride from precursor ion
502.2939Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O), CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
484.2834Neutral 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
277.2173sn2 RCOO- ion
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