The fast atom bombardment spectra of three phospholipids containing a secondary, tertiary, and quaternary nitrogenous base attached to a 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphate skeleton were shown to each contain an ion derived from the intact nitrogenous base. The collisional activation mass analyzed ion kinetic energy spectroscopy (CA MIKES) spectrum produced from each of these ions was shown ...