Commonly occurring product ions for PG(20:4(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)/22:0)) (View full structure)

m/zIon DescriptionStructure (click to enlarge)
853.5964Precursor ion [M-H]-
779.5596Loss of glycerol from precursor ion
567.3668Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) from [M-H]-
549.3562Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group from [M-H]-
531.2729Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) from [M-H]-
513.2623Neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group from [M-H]-
493.3300Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) and glycerol from [M-H]-
475.3194Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group and glycerol from [M-H]-
457.2361Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) and glycerol from [M-H]-
439.2255Neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group and glycerol from [M-H]-
339.3269sn2 RCOO- ion
303.2330sn1 RCOO- ion
259.2431Loss of CO2 from sn1 RCOO- ion (PUFA)
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