Conclusion Pseudobase B exists to the extent of 16% of the analytical thiamine concentration between pH 9.2 and 9.5 (Figure 8). This is explained by the fact that the difference between pK1= 8.9 and pK2= 9.70 is not high enough to impose a lower concentration of the B form in the basic media where the observed spectrum of thiamine consists of the contributions of the three different thiamine species, A+, B, and C (Figure 9) ...