Commonly occurring product ions for PC(20:4(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)/20:2(11Z,14Z))) (View full structure)

m/zIon DescriptionStructure (click to enlarge)
868.5629Precursor ion [M.chloride]-
818.5705Loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
747.4970Loss of choline and chloride from precursor ion
532.3409Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O), CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
528.3096Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O), CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
514.3303Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group, loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
510.2990Neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group, loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
307.2643sn2 RCOO- ion
303.2330sn1 RCOO- ion
259.2431Loss of CO2 from sn1 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