Commonly occurring product ions for PC(20:5(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z,17Z)/20:1(11Z)) (View full structure)

m/zIon DescriptionStructure (click to enlarge)
868.5629Precursor ion [M.chloride]-
818.5705Loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
747.4970Loss of choline and chloride from precursor ion
534.3565Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O), CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
526.2939Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O), CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
516.3460Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group, loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
508.2834Neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group, loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
309.2799sn2 RCOO- ion
301.2173sn1 RCOO- ion
257.2275Loss of CO2 from sn1 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