Commonly occurring product ions for PC(O-18:0/20:4(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z))) (View full structure)

m/zIon DescriptionStructure (click to enlarge)
830.5836Precursor ion [M.chloride]-
780.5913Loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
709.5178Loss of choline and chloride from precursor ion
494.3616Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O), CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
476.3510Neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group, loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
405.2775Loss of choline, chloride and neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group from precursor ion
303.2330sn2 RCOO- ion
259.2431Loss 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