Commonly occurring product ions for PC(O-18:1(9Z)/20:4(5E,8E,11E,14E)) (View full structure)

m/zIon DescriptionStructure (click to enlarge)
828.5679Precursor ion [M.chloride]-
778.5756Loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
707.5021Loss of choline and chloride from precursor ion
492.3460Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O), CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
474.3354Neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group, loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
403.2619Loss 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