Commonly occurring product ions for PC(4:0/0:0) (View full structure)

m/zIon DescriptionStructure (click to enlarge)
362.1141Precursor ion [M.chloride]-
312.1218Loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
242.0799Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O), CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
241.0483Loss of choline and chloride from precursor ion
224.0693Glycerophosphocholine with loss of CH3 and H2O
224.0693Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group, loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
168.0431Phosphocholine with loss of CH3
152.9958Glycerol-3-phosphate ion with loss of H2O
96.9696H2PO4- ion (from phosphate)
87.0452sn1 RCOO- ion
78.9591PO3- ion (from phosphate)
Note: Structures of product ions may represent one of a number of possible isobaric molecules in some cases