Electro-luminescent device, consisting of a hole transport layer and a luminescent layer between two conductive electrodes, whereby at least one electrode is transparent, characterized in that the luminescent layer contains as a luminescent compound or doping agent for a luminescent compound at least one compound of general formula I 25
- wherein
- R1 to R12 are identical or different and mean hydrogen, straight chain or branched C1-C6 alkyl, aralkyl, aryl or substituted aryl;
- R1 and R2 and/or R3 and R4 and/or R4 and R5 and/or R5 and R11 and/or R8 and R5 and/or R4 and R12 can form a preferably 5 or 6 member alicyclic, heterocyclic or aromatic ring;
- R5 can furthermore be hydrogen, OH, OR9, N,N-di-(C1-C6)alkylamino, acetylamino or a halogen;
- R6 and R7 together can form an alicyclic or heterocyclic ring;
- A1 and A2 are identical or different and are -CN, -NO2 or -COOR10;
- X is -CH, -CR11 or N;
- and
- Y is O, -NH, -NR12, S or Se;
- R1, R2, R3, R4 and/or R8 can, moreover, be halogens.