Commonly occurring product ions for PC(18:0/20:5(5Z,8Z,11Z,13E,17Z)(15OH)) (View full structure)

m/zIon DescriptionStructure (click to enlarge)
858.5421Precursor ion [M.chloride]-
808.5498Loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
737.4763Loss of choline and chloride from precursor ion
542.2888Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O), CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
524.2783Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group, loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
508.3409Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O), CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
490.3303Neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group, loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
317.2122sn2 RCOO- ion
283.2643sn1 RCOO- ion
273.2224Loss 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