ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE

1 . A material for a light emitting device comprising a compound represented by the following formula (1):

wherein each A independently represents a nitrogen atom or a carbon atom, which may have a substituent, each of the rings consisting of A and nitrogen atoms independently represents an aromatic ring or an aromatic heterocyclic ring; and

L represents a divalent linking group.

2 . The material for a light emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the compound represented by formula (1) is a compound represented by the following formula (2):

wherein each of R 1 and R 2 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group, and they may be linked to each other to form a ring;

each A independently represents a nitrogen atom or a carbon atom, a ring consisting of A, carbon atoms and nitrogen atoms represents an aromatic heterocyclic ring;

n represents an integer of 1 or 2; and

each of R 11 to R 18 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent.

3 . The material for a light emitting device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the compound represented by formula (2) is a compound represented by the following formula (3):

wherein each of R 1 and R 2 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group;

n represents an integer of 1 or 2; and

each of R 11 , R 13 , R 14 and R 17 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent.

4 . The material for a light emitting device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the compound represented by formula (2) is a compound represented by the following formula (4):

wherein each of R 1 and R 2 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group;

n represents an integer of 1 or 2; and

each of R 11 , R 13 , R 14 and R 17 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent.

5 . The material for a light emitting device according to claim 2 ,

wherein at least one of R 12 to R 18 in formula (2) represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms.

6 . An organic electroluminescence device comprising:

a pair of electrodes; and

an organic layer including a light emitting layer between the pair of electrodes,

wherein the organic layer contains the compound represented by any of formulae (1) to (4) according to claim 1 .

7 . The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the layer containing the compound represented by formula (1) is the light emitting layer.

8 . The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the light emitting layer further contains a hydrocarbon compound.

9 . The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the hydrocarbon compound is a compound represented by the following formula (VI):

wherein each of R 4 , R 6 , R 8 , R 10 , X 4 to X 15 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent.

10 . The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the electrodes include an anode,

a charge transporting layer is provided between the light emitting layer and the anode, and

the charge transporting layer contains a carbazole compound.

11 . The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the carbazole compound is represented by the following formula (a):

wherein R represents a substituent capable of substituting on the hydrogen atom of the compound;

when there are two or more R's, each R may be the same with or different from every other R; and

n represents an integer of 0 to 8.

12 . The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the carbazole compound is represented by the following formula (b):

wherein R represents a substituent capable of substituting on the hydrogen atom of the compound;

when there are two or more R's, each R may be the same with or different from every other R; and

n represents an integer of 0 to 8.

13 . A display using the organic electroluminescence device according to claim 6 .

14 . An illuminating apparatus using the organic electroluminescence device according to claim 6 .