In this study, certain 3‐substituted styrylquinoxalin‐2(1H)‐ones (2a‐d) and their 2‐chloro (3a‐d) and 2‐piperazinyl derivatives (4a‐g) were synthesized from 3‐methylquinoxalin‐2(1H)‐one (1). In addition, a series of 1‐alkyl‐3‐substituted styrylquinoxalin‐2(1H)‐ones (5a‐d) was also prepared. Moreover, 3‐(N2‐arylidenehydrazinocarbonyl)quinoxalin‐2(1H)‐ones (8a‐c) as well as their cyclized oxadiazolinyl derivatives (9a‐c) were prepared from 3‐hydrazinocarbonylquinoxalin‐2(1H)‐one (7). Furthermore, 3‐(5‐substituted thio‐1,3,4‐oxadiazol‐2‐yl)quinoxalin‐2(1H)‐ones (11a‐c) and (12a‐c) were obtained from the intermediate compound (10) ‐ previously obtained via cyclization of (7) with CS2. Likewise, 3‐(5‐oxo‐4,5‐dihydro‐(1,3,4‐oxadiazol‐2‐yl)quinoxalin‐2(1H)‐one (13), 3‐[5‐(4‐nitrophenyl)‐1,3,4‐oxadiazol‐2‐yl]‐quinoxalin‐2(1H)‐one (14) and its 2‐chloro derivative (15) were prepared from 3‐hydrazinocarbonylquinoxalin‐2(1H)‐one (7). Some of these derivatives were evaluated for antimicrobial activity in vitro and some of the tested compounds showed antibacterial or antifungal activity.