Which Statement BEST Explains How Mutarotation Occurs in Solution

Multiple Choice

Which statement BEST explains how mutarotation occurs in solution?

A) Any C-C can break, opening the ring.
B) The hydroxyl group on the anomeric carbon "floats" between the α and the β position.
C) The hydroxyl group on the anomeric carbon comes off and then reattaches.
D) The bond between the ring oxygen and the anomeric carbon breaks, opening the ring, and then reforms, closing the ring again.
E) All of the above can occur in solution.