Commonly occurring product ions for PC(16:0/16:4(2E,4E,12E,14E))) (View full structure)

m/zIon DescriptionStructure (click to enlarge)
760.4690Precursor ion [M.chloride]-
710.4766Loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
639.4031Loss of choline and chloride from precursor ion
480.3096Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O), CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
472.2470Loss of sn1 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
454.2364Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group, loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
255.2330sn1 RCOO- ion
247.1704sn2 RCOO- ion
224.0693Glycerophosphocholine with loss of CH3 and H2O
203.1805Loss of CO2 from sn2 RCOO- ion (PUFA)
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