Commonly occurring product ions for PC(20:0/22:4(7Z,10Z,13Z,16Z))) (View full structure)

m/zIon DescriptionStructure (click to enlarge)
900.6255Precursor ion [M.chloride]-
850.6331Loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
779.5596Loss of choline and chloride from precursor ion
556.3409Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O), CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
538.3303Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group, loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
536.3722Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O), CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
518.3616Neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group, loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
331.2643sn2 RCOO- ion
311.2956sn1 RCOO- ion
287.2744Loss 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