Commonly occurring product ions for PG(P-16:0/24:4(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)) (View full structure)

m/zIon DescriptionStructure (click to enlarge)
809.5702Precursor ion [M-H]-
735.5334Loss of glycerol from precursor ion
467.2779Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) from [M-H]-
449.2674Neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group from [M-H]-
393.2412Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) and glycerol from [M-H]-
375.2306Neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group and glycerol from [M-H]-
359.2956sn2 RCOO- ion
315.3057Loss 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