Commonly occurring product ions for PI(18:4(6Z,9Z,12Z,15Z)/0:0)) (View full structure)

m/zIon DescriptionStructure (click to enlarge)
591.2576Precursor ion [M-H]-
429.2048Loss of inositol from [M-H]-
333.0592Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) from [M-H]-
315.0487Glycerophosphoinositol -H2O
315.0487Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group from [M-H]-
297.0381Glycerophosphoinositol -2H2O
275.2017sn1 RCOO- ion
259.0225Inositol phosphate ion
241.0119Inositol phosphate ion - H2O
231.2118Loss of CO2 from sn1 RCOO- ion (PUFA)
223.0013Inositol phosphate ion - 2 H2O
171.0064Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) and inositol from [M-H]-
152.9958Glycerol-3-phosphate ion with loss of H2O
152.9958Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group and inositol from [M-H]-
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