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The present work is concerned with a thermodynamic study of the three carboxypyridinic acids (general formula: C6H5NO2). It was achieved using four techniques: combustion calorimetry of small amounts of substance (a few milligrams), sublimation calorimetry, heat capacity measurements by the drop method, and differential thermal analysis. From this study, it was possible to determine the enthalpies of combustion, sublimation, formation, and fusion of these compounds and their triple point temperatures; to discuss the relative stability of the three molecules and to compare it to those of other pyridine derivatives; to determine the resonance energy and to compare it to those of other pyridine derivatives; to determine the atomization enthalpies of our compounds and an enthalpy value for the bonds of the group (C-N=C); to determine the nature and the enthalpy of the intermolecular bonds.Key words: thermodynamics, calorimetry, differential thermal analysis, carboxypyridinic acids, picolinic acid, nicotinic acid, isonicotinic acid, enthalpy of combustion, of sublimation, of fusion, of formation, of inter- and intramolecular bonds, resonance energy, triple point temperature, reference material.