Commonly occurring product ions for PC(38:0/22:0) (View full structure)

m/zIon DescriptionStructure (click to enlarge)
1160.9698Precursor ion [M.chloride]-
1110.9774Loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
1039.9039Loss of choline and chloride from precursor ion
788.6539Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O), CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
770.6433Neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group, loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
564.4035Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O), CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
563.5773sn1 RCOO- ion
546.3929Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group, loss of CH3 and chloride from precursor ion
339.3269sn2 RCOO- ion
224.0693Glycerophosphocholine with loss of CH3 and H2O
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