Assignment:
Glucose is soluble in benzene. If alpha-D-glucose is dissolved in benzene, essentially no alpha-D-glucose is formed. However, if small amounts of phenol and pyridine are added, then the equillibrium amount of alpha-D-glucose is formed but slowly. If, to a solution of alpha-D-glucose in benzene, a small amount of 2-hydroxy-pyridine is added, the equilibrium amount of alpha-D-glucose is formed much more rapidly than when the small amount of phenol and pyridine were added. If a small amount of 4-hydroxypyridine is added to a solution of alpha-D-glucose , the rate of the formation of alpha;-D-glucose isn't any different from the rate of reaction when a small amount of phenol and pyridine are added. Fully explain all these observations.
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