Compound having substituted anthracene ring structure and pyridoindole ring structure, and organic electroluminescent device

A compound of the following general formula (1) having a substituted anthracene ring structure and a pyridoindole ring structure

• wherein, Ar represents substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon, or substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic,
• A represents a divalent group of substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon,
• B represents a divalent group of substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon, or a divalent group of substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic,
• R1 to R8 may be the same or different, and represent a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, cyano, linear or branched alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms that may have a substituent, substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, or substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic, and W, X, Y, and Z represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, where only one of W, X, Y, and Z is a nitrogen atom, and, in this case, the nitrogen atom does not have the substituents R1 to R4.

A compound of the following general formula (1) having a substituted anthracene ring structure and a pyridoindole ring structure

• wherein, Ar represents substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon, or substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic,
• A represents a divalent group of a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic ring,
• B represents a single bond or a divalent group of a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic ring,
• R1 to R8 may be the same or different, and represent a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, cyano, linear or branched alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms that may have a substituent, substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, or substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic, and W, X, Y, and Z represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, where only one of W, X, Y, and Z is a nitrogen atom, and, in this case, the nitrogen atom does not have the substituents R1 to R4;
• with the proviso that when A and B are aromatic heterocyclic groups, A and B cannot simultaneously be represented by pyridyl groups.

A compound of the following general formula (1) having a substituted anthracene ring structure and a pyridoindole ring structure

• wherein, Ar represents substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon, or substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic,
• A represents a divalent group of substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic,
• B represents a divalent group of substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon, or a divalent group of substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic,
• R1 to R8 may be the same or different, and represent a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, cyano, linear or branched alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms that may have a substituent, substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, or substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic, and W, X, Y, and Z represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, where only one of W, X, Y, and Z is a nitrogen atom, and, in this case, the nitrogen atom does not have the substituents R1 to R4.

A compound of the following general formula (1) having a substituted anthracene ring structure and a pyridoindole ring structure

• wherein, Ar represents substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon, or substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic,
• A represents one selected from a group consisting of substituted or unsubstituted biphenylylene, terphenylylene, tetrakisphenylene, naphthylene, anthrylene, phenanthrylene, fluorenylene, and phenanthrolylene,
• B represents a single bond,
• R1 to R8 may be the same or different, and represent a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, cyano, linear or branched alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms that may have a substituent, substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, or substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic, and W, X, Y, and Z represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, where only one of W, X, Y, and Z is a nitrogen atom, and, in this case, the nitrogen atom does not have the substituents R1 to R4.