Commonly occurring product ions for PG(16:0/37:0) (View full structure)

m/zIon DescriptionStructure (click to enlarge)
1015.8312Precursor ion [M-H]-
941.7944Loss of glycerol from precursor ion
777.6015Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) from [M-H]-
759.5909Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group from [M-H]-
703.5647Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) and glycerol from [M-H]-
685.5542Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group and glycerol from [M-H]-
549.5616sn2 RCOO- ion
483.2729Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) from [M-H]-
465.2623Neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group from [M-H]-
409.2361Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) and glycerol from [M-H]-
391.2255Neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group and glycerol from [M-H]-
255.2330sn1 RCOO- ion
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