> I’d be interested what you find out So they (two chemistry PhD students) both agree that it should be possible, but don't have any great examples. They point

> I’d be interested what you find out So they (two chemistry PhD students) both agree that it should be possible, but don't have any great examples. They point at disproponation as the right class of reactions (where I got Sn2+ from). They agree that the different ends of a hydrocarbon can react in a redox reaction, but at least for common chemicals it's usually a slow reaction. For more combustion like examples what I got was "maybe look at peroxides" and "maybe caro's acid" (H2SO5). I can't find anyone who actually managed to get Caro's acid outside of aqueous solution to explode it (in a reaction not involving water)... so I can't find anyone who is stating authoritatively what would happen if you managed to do so. I can find plenty of explosive peroxides in literature, but haven't found any that are a simple redox reaction... Anyways, I'm reasonably satisfied that it should in some sense be possible, even if not practical.