Organic electroluminescent element

An organic electroluminescent device comprising one or more light emitting layers between an anode and a cathode opposite to each other, wherein at least one of the light emitting layers comprises a first host selected from compounds represented by the following general formula (1), a second host selected from compounds represented by the following general formula (2), and a light emitting dopant selected from a polycyclic aromatic compound represented by the following general formula (4):

• wherein Ar1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group having 3 to 17 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted linked aromatic group formed by linking 2 to 8 aromatic rings thereof,
• R1 is each independently deuterium, an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group having 3 to 17 carbon atoms, a, c and d independently represent an integer of 0 to 4, b independently represents an integer of 0 to 3, e independently represents an integer of 1 to 4, and f represents an integer of 1 or 2, when f is 2, the general formula (1) is symmetric or asymmetric,
• wherein X1 each independently represents N or C—R2, and at least one X1 represents N, Ar2 each independently represents hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group having 3 to 17 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted linked aromatic group formed by linking 2 to 8 aromatic rings thereof, and at least one Ar2 is a group other than hydrogen, R2 independently represents hydrogen, deuterium, an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group having 3 to 17 carbon atoms,
• wherein the D ring, the E ring, the F ring, the G ring and the H ring are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon ring having 6 to 24 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic ring having 3 to 17 carbon atoms,
• Y1 is each independently B, P, P═O, P═S, Al, Ga, As, Si—R3 or Ge—R3,
• R3 is each independently an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group having 3 to 17 carbon atoms,
• X2 is each independently O, N—Ar3, S or Se,
• Ar3 is each independently a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group having 3 to 17 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted linked aromatic group formed by linking 2 to 8 thereof, and N—Ar3 is optionally bonded to any of the D ring, the E ring, the F ring, the G ring, or the H ring to form a heterocyclic ring containing N.