Two new 5,12-disubstituted 2,3-diethylnaphtho[2,3-g]quinoxaline-6,11-dione compounds were readily synthesized from the commercial dye quinizarin. For 2,3-diethyl-5,12-dihydroxynaphtho[2,3-g]quinoxaline-6,11-dione, (II), C 20 H 16 N 2 O 4 , the molecule displays a near planar conformation and both hydroxy groups participate in intramolecular O-HÁ Á ÁO(carbonyl) hydrogen bonds. In the crystal, -ring interactions [minimum ring centroid separation = 3.5493 (9) Å ] form stacks of co-planar molecules down the c axis, while only minor intermolecular C-HÁ Á ÁO interactions are present. In contrast, in 2,3-diethyl-5,12-bis(piperidin-1-yl)naphtho[2,3-g]quinoxaline-6,11-dione, (IV), C 30 H 34 N 4 O 2 , which contains two independent, but similar, molecules in the asymmetric unit, the polycyclic cores have a significant twist, with dihedral angles of 29.79 (6) and 29.31 (7) between the terminal rings and only minor intermolecular C-HÁ Á ÁO hydrogen-bonding interactions are present. Electron density associated with additional solvent molecules disordered about a fourfold axis was accounted for using the SQUEEZE procedure in PLATON [Spek (2015). Acta Cryst. C71, 9-18].