Commonly occurring product ions for PC(16:0/9:0)) (View full structure)

m/zIon DescriptionStructure (click to enlarge)
670.4220Precursor ion [M.chloride]-
620.4297Loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
549.3562Loss of choline and chloride from precursor ion
480.3096Loss of sn2 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
382.2000Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O), CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
364.1895Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group, loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
255.2330sn1 RCOO- ion
224.0693Glycerophosphocholine with loss of CH3 and H2O
168.0431Phosphocholine with loss of CH3
157.1234sn2 RCOO- ion
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