Commonly occurring product ions for PG(12:0/20:5(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z,17Z)) (View full structure)

m/zIon DescriptionStructure (click to enlarge)
711.4243Precursor ion [M-H]-
637.3875Loss of glycerol from precursor ion
529.2572Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) from [M-H]-
511.2466Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group from [M-H]-
455.2204Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) and glycerol from [M-H]-
437.2099Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group and glycerol from [M-H]-
427.2103Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) from [M-H]-
409.1997Neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group from [M-H]-
353.1735Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) and glycerol from [M-H]-
335.1629Neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group and glycerol from [M-H]-
301.2173sn2 RCOO- ion
257.2275Loss of CO2 from sn2 RCOO- ion (PUFA)
245.0432Glycerophosphoglycerol ion
227.0326Glycerophosphoglycerol ion -H2O
209.0221Glycerophosphoglycerol ion -2H2O
199.1704sn1 RCOO- ion
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