Crystal structures of 3-methyl-2(1H)-quinoxalinone and three substituted derivatives. Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, Wiley, 2011, 24 (12) 3-Methyl-2(1H)-quinoxalinone and three derivatives (3,7-dimethyl-2(1H)-quinoxalinone, 3-methyl-6,7-dichloro-2(1H)-quinoxalinone and 3-methyl-7-nitro-2(1H)-quinoxalinone) have been synthesised and analysed by 1 H NMR and IR spectral spectroscopies. The crystal structures have been determined at room temperature from X-ray single crystal diffraction data for three of them and from powder diffraction data for the nitro derivative. 3-Methyl-2(1H) -quinoxalinone crystallises in the P2 1 /c monoclinic system, 3,7-dimethyl-2(1H)-quinoxalinone in the Pbca orthorhombic system and the two others compounds in the P1 triclinic system. For the nitro derivative, C-HÁÁÁN short contacts are established between the carbon of the methyl and the double bounded nitrogen of the ring. For the three other compounds N-HÁÁÁO hydrogen bonds involve the atoms of the heterocyclic ring.