Commonly occurring product ions for PC(12:0/37:0) (View full structure)

m/zIon DescriptionStructure (click to enlarge)
1006.7976Precursor ion [M.chloride]-
956.8053Loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
885.7318Loss of choline and chloride from precursor ion
774.6382Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O), CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
756.6277Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group, loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
549.5616sn2 RCOO- ion
424.2470Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O), CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
406.2364Neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group, loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
224.0693Glycerophosphocholine with loss of CH3 and H2O
199.1704sn1 RCOO- ion
168.0431Phosphocholine with loss of CH3
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