Commonly occurring product ions for PG(18:4(6Z,9Z,12Z,15Z)/15:1(9Z))) (View full structure)

m/zIon DescriptionStructure (click to enlarge)
725.4399Precursor ion [M-H]-
651.4031Loss of glycerol from precursor ion
503.2416Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) from [M-H]-
485.2310Neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group from [M-H]-
467.2416Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) from [M-H]-
449.2310Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group from [M-H]-
429.2048Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) and glycerol from [M-H]-
411.1942Neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group and glycerol from [M-H]-
393.2048Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) and glycerol from [M-H]-
375.1942Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group and glycerol from [M-H]-
275.2017sn1 RCOO- ion
245.0432Glycerophosphoglycerol ion
239.2017sn2 RCOO- ion
231.2118Loss of CO2 from sn1 RCOO- ion (PUFA)
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