Abstract: Science and education cooperation is an important direction of teaching reform and development, which is beneficial for cultivating talents combined with innovative spirit and practical ability. Organic chemistry is a basic course of pharmacy-related majors that emphasizes both theory and practice in Chinese medicine colleges. With the rapid development of theoretical knowledge and experimental technology of organic chemistry, it is imperative to introduce the concept of science and education collaboration into the teaching of this course. Taking the teaching of nucleophilic substitution mechanism S_N2/S_N1 of alkyl halides as an example, the teaching process is redesigned to integrate professional quality and scientific research frontier. The purpose is to improve the quality of classroom teaching, enhance students’ professional identity, as well as cultivate scientific spirit and patriotism.

Key words: Science and education integration, Organic chemistry, Pharmacy majors