Commonly occurring product ions for PC(16:1(9Z)/20:4(8Z,11Z,14Z,17Z)) (View full structure)

m/zIon DescriptionStructure (click to enlarge)
814.5159Precursor ion [M.chloride]-
764.5236Loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
693.4501Loss of choline and chloride from precursor ion
528.3096Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O), CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
510.2990Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group, loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
478.2939Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O), CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
460.2834Neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group, loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
303.2330sn2 RCOO- ion
259.2431Loss of CO2 from sn2 RCOO- ion (PUFA)
253.2173sn1 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