The informative capacity of thermal analysis in the evaluation of the thermal stability of coordination compounds involving the evolution of volatile ligands is discussed. The temperature of decomposition under quasi-equilibrium conditions (Q-derivatograph, quasi-isobaric, quasi-isothermal operation) is suitable for characterizing the thermodynamic stability of compounds. The initial temperature of decomposition at linear heating indicates the reaching of a defined value of the rate constant (depending on the sensitivity of the sensing device of the instrument and on experimental conditions). The temperature sequence of increasing thermal stability may not coincide with the sequence of increasing activation energy values, since in the majority of cases it demands on the value of activation enthropy.