Oxygen-based explosives

I know that oxidanes are oxygen chains and rings. For example trioxidane is $\ce{HO-O-OH}$. I can see this turning into $\ce{O2}$ and $\ce{H2O}$ like hydrogen peroxide does. Since the double bonds in $\ce{O2}$ are strong do oxygen compounds without nitrogen ever explode?




They do indeed explode. [Oxyliquits](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxyliquit) are probably the most comprehensive example of liquid-oxygen-based primary explosives (which are considered obsolete today). Theoretically liquid oxygen can also be substituted with ozone-oxygen mixture, which in reality has never been utilized due to technical difficulties -- oxyliquits were popular in the beginning of 20th century.


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Yes, famously [acetone peroxide](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetone_peroxide) (which can be made by mixing hydrogen peroxide with acetone) is an explosive that does not contain nitrogen. It is believed to be an [entropic explosive](http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja0464903), in that the decomposition isn't driven by oxidation, instead it's driven by the decomposition of acetone peroxide into ozone and acetone.


[Dioxygen difluoride](http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2010/02/23/things_i_wont_work_with_dioxygen_difluoride) will probably also decompose explosively at room temperature, but if you are doing anything with dioxygen difluoride, you have other things to worry about; for instance, it will react with basically anything.


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