Na dodecyl sulfate (5.7 g.) in 100 ml. warm water treated with 3.4 g. thiamine-HCl (I) in 100 ml. water, cooled slowly, and the product recrystallized from 95% Me2CO gave 6.8 g. thiamine-didodecyl sulfate, m. 82-4°.Similarly are prepared thiamine-ditetradecyl sulfate-hydrate, m. 85-7°, and thiamine-dihexadecyl sulfate-H2O, m. 88-90°.Thiamine chloride (II) (3.1 g.) in 20 ml. water added dropwise into 2.8 g. Na dodecyl sulfate in 20 ml. warm water and the product recrystallized from 80% Me2CO gave 2.4 g. thiamine-monododecyl sulfate (III), m. 98-101°.Or, 3.6 g. Ag dodecyl sulfate in 30 ml. warm water treated with 3.1 g. II in 20 ml. water, the AgCl centrifuged off, the aqueous solution concentrated in N, the residue in MeOH filtered, the filtrate treated with Et2O, and the precipitate recrystallized from Me2CO gave 3.4 g. III, m. 99-101°.Similarly were prepared thiamine-monotetradecyl sulfate, m. 102-4°, and thiamine-monohexadecyl sulfate, m. 104-9°.The linkage between the thiamine and higher alkyl sulfate is an ionic bond as in the salts.They form a micelle in aqueous solution and indicate a strong surface activity.With increasing number of C atoms in the alkyl group, the salts become progressively in soluble in water at room temperature and become soluble in some organic solvents, such as alcs. and CHCl3.These alkyl sulfates are less bitter and of characteristic odor than the known salts and are more stable.