Commonly occurring product ions for PG(18:1(9Z)/20:4(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z))) (View full structure)

m/zIon DescriptionStructure (click to enlarge)
795.5182Precursor ion [M-H]-
721.4814Loss of glycerol from precursor ion
531.2729Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) from [M-H]-
513.2623Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group from [M-H]-
509.2885Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) from [M-H]-
491.2779Neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group from [M-H]-
457.2361Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) and glycerol from [M-H]-
439.2255Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group and glycerol from [M-H]-
435.2517Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) and glycerol from [M-H]-
417.2412Neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group and glycerol from [M-H]-
303.2330sn2 RCOO- ion
281.2486sn1 RCOO- ion
259.2431Loss of CO2 from sn2 RCOO- ion (PUFA)
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