Commonly occurring product ions for PC(20:0/20:4(8Z,11Z,14Z,17Z)) (View full structure)

m/zIon DescriptionStructure (click to enlarge)
872.5942Precursor ion [M.chloride]-
822.6018Loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
751.5283Loss of choline and chloride from precursor ion
536.3722Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O), CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
528.3096Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O), CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
518.3616Neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group, loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
510.2990Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group, loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
311.2956sn1 RCOO- ion
303.2330sn2 RCOO- ion
259.2431Loss 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