Commonly occurring product ions for PG(16:1(9Z)/22:4(7Z,10Z,13Z,16Z))) (View full structure)

m/zIon DescriptionStructure (click to enlarge)
795.5182Precursor ion [M-H]-
721.4814Loss of glycerol from precursor ion
559.3042Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) from [M-H]-
541.2936Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group from [M-H]-
485.2674Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) and glycerol from [M-H]-
481.2572Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) from [M-H]-
467.2568Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group and glycerol from [M-H]-
463.2466Neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group from [M-H]-
407.2204Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) and glycerol from [M-H]-
389.2099Neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group and glycerol from [M-H]-
331.2643sn2 RCOO- ion
287.2744Loss of CO2 from sn2 RCOO- ion (PUFA)
253.2173sn1 RCOO- ion
245.0432Glycerophosphoglycerol ion
227.0326Glycerophosphoglycerol ion -H2O
209.0221Glycerophosphoglycerol ion -2H2O
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