The solubilities of L-malic acid in pure and mixture organic solvents were measured from 278.15 to 323.15 K using the laser monitoring observation system. The modified Apelblat equation, the semi-empirical Buchowski-Ksiazczak lambda h equation and the Combined Nearly Ideal Binary Solvent/Redlich (CNIBS/R-K) equation were proposed to correlate the experimental data. In pure and mixed solvents, the 100RD (relative deviation) <3.61 and 7.58, respectively, the 10(4)RMSD (root-mean-square deviations) <3.07 and 2.28, respectively, so the equations selected in this work fit the data very well. Van't Hoff equation was used to predict the dissolution enthalpy and entropy of L-malic acid in the corresponding solvents. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.