Commonly occurring product ions for PI(18:4(6Z,9Z,12Z,15Z)/21:0)) (View full structure)

m/zIon DescriptionStructure (click to enlarge)
899.5655Precursor ion [M-H]-
737.5127Loss of inositol from [M-H]-
641.3671Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) from [M-H]-
623.3566Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group from [M-H]-
591.2576Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) from [M-H]-
573.2470Neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group from [M-H]-
479.3143Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) and inositol from [M-H]-
461.3038Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group and inositol from [M-H]-
429.2048Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) and inositol from [M-H]-
411.1942Neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group and inositol from [M-H]-
325.3112sn2 RCOO- ion
315.0487Glycerophosphoinositol -H2O
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
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