Organic electroluminescent device

An organic electroluminescent device which comprises an organic layer having luminescent region and provided between an anode and a cathode, wherein said organic layer comprises, as an organic luminescent material, at least one distyryl compound of the following general formula (1)

• General Formula (1):
• wherein R1 and R2 are, respectively, groups which may be the same or different and independently represent an aryl group of the following general formula (2)
• General Formula (2):
• in which R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 may be the same or different and, respectively, represent a hydrogen atom, or at least one of them is a saturated or unsaturated alkoxyl group, an alkyl group, an amino group, an alkylamino group or an aryl group, R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a saturated or unsaturated alkoxyl group, an alkyl group, an amino group, an alkylamino group or an aryl group and X represents a group of the following general formula (3)
• General Formula (3):
• wherein R9, R10, R11, and R12 may be the same or different and independently represent a hydrogen atom, a cyano group, a nitro group or a halogen atom, and at least one of them represents a cyano group, a nitro group or a halogen atom.