Commonly occurring product ions for PG(18:4(6Z,9Z,12Z,15Z)/20:1(11Z))) (View full structure)

m/zIon DescriptionStructure (click to enlarge)
795.5182Precursor ion [M-H]-
721.4814Loss of glycerol from precursor ion
537.3198Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) from [M-H]-
519.3092Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group from [M-H]-
503.2416Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) from [M-H]-
485.2310Neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group from [M-H]-
463.2830Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) and glycerol from [M-H]-
445.2725Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group and glycerol 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]-
309.2799sn2 RCOO- ion
275.2017sn1 RCOO- ion
245.0432Glycerophosphoglycerol 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