Material for organic electroluminescent element, and organic electroluminescent element

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

• wherein a ring A is a heterocycle represented by formula (1a), and the ring A is fused to an adjacent ring at any position;
• Ar1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group having 3 to 11 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted linked aromatic group in which two to five of these aromatic rings are linked to each other;
• Ar2 independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group having 3 to 17 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted linked aromatic group in which two to five of these aromatic rings are linked to each other;
• L1 independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group having 3 to 11 carbon atoms;
• L2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group having 3 to 11 carbon atoms;
• Ar3 independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted carbazolyl group;
• a and b each independently represent an integer of 0 to 4, and c represents an integer of 0 to 2, provided that a+b+c≥1;
• and
• d represents the number of repetitions and an integer of 0 to 3, and e represents the number of substitutions and an integer of 0 to 5.