3-(2,2-Dichloroacetyl)-4-hydroxy-1-methylquinolin-2(1H)-one (2) was utilized to obtain several new quinolinones bearing imidazole, quinoxaline, 1,2,4-triazine, pyridotriazine and triazolotriazine heterocycles as substituents at position 3. Condensation of compound 2 with aminotriazine 11 afforded the iminone 12 which was subjected to annellation reactions leading to some new quinolinones fused at face [c]; viz. pyrazole, pyrimidine and benzodiazepine. Structure of the new compounds was confirmed by spectral and elemental analyses. The synthesized compounds were screened in vitro for their antimicrobial and antitumor activities. Scheme 2 Condensation of compound 2 with 1,4-N,N-binucleophiles such as o-phenylenediamine and 1,6-diaminopyridine derivative 5, 22 under reflux in DMF, afforded the quinoxalinylquinolinone 4 and the