Material for organic electroluminescence device and organic electroluminescence device utilizing the same

A material for an organic electroluminescence device comprising a compound represented by the following general formula (1):

• where:
• L represents a linking group having at least one meta bond;
• R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group which has 1 to 50 carbon atoms and which may have a substitutent, a heterocyclic group which has 5 to 50 ring atoms and which may have a substitutent, an alkoxy group which has 1 to 50 carbon atoms and which may have a substitutent, an aryloxy group which has 5 to 50 ring carbon atoms and which may have a substitutent, an aralkyl group which has 7 to 50 ring carbon atoms and which may have a substitutent, an alkenyl group which has 2 to 50 carbon atoms and which may have a substitutent, an alkylamino group which has 1 to 50 carbon atoms and which may have a substitutent, an arylamino group which has 5 to 50 ring carbon atoms and which may have a substitutent, an aralkylamino group which has 7 to 50 ring carbon atoms and which may have a substitutent, an aryl group which has 6 to 50 ring carbon atoms and which may have a substitutent, or a cyano group;
• X1 to X3 each independently represent ═CR— or ═N—, at least one of X1 to X3 representing ═N— where R represents an aryl group which has 6 to 50 ring carbon atoms and which may have a substitutent, a heterocyclic group which has 5 to 50 ring atoms and which may have a substitutent, an alkyl group which has 1 to 50 carbon atoms and which may have a substitutent, an alkoxy group which has 1 to 50 carbon atoms and which may have a substitutent, an aralkyl group which has 7 to 50 ring carbon atoms and which may have a substitutent, an aryloxy group which has 5 to 50 ring carbon atoms and which may have a substitutent, an arylthio group which has 5 to 50 ring carbon atoms and which may have a substitutent, a carboxyl group, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a nitro group, or a hydroxyl group;
• and
• n represents an integer of 1 to 5.