Compound having acridan ring structure, and organic electroluminescent device

A compound of the following general formula (3) having an acridan ring structure,

• wherein Ar1 is substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or substituted or unsubstituted biphenyl, Ar2 and Ar3 may be the same or different, and represent a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, or a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group, where Ar2 and Ar3 may directly bind to each other via a single bond or via substituted or unsubstituted methylene, an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom to form a ring, and substituents of Ar2 and Ar3 may bind to each other via a single bond, substituted or unsubstituted methylene, an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom to form a ring;
• R3 represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group;
• R1, R2 and R4 are hydrogen;
• R5 R6, R7 and R10 to R13 may be the same or different, and represent a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, cyano, trifluoromethyl, nitro, linear or branched alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms that may have a substituent, cycloalkyl of 5 to 10 carbon atoms that may have a substituent, linear or branched alkenyl of 2 to 6 carbon atoms that may have a sub stituent, linear or branched alkyloxy of 1 to 6carbon atoms that may have a substituent, cycloalkyloxy of 5 to 10 carbon atoms that may have a substituent, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group, or substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy, where R1 and R2, R2 and R3, R3 and R4, R6 and R7, R10 and R11, and R12 and R13 may bind to each other via a single bond, substituted or unsubstituted methylene, an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom to form a ring;
• and R8 and R9-represent methyl.

A compound of the following general formula (4) having an acridan ring structure,

• wherein A represents a divalent group of a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon, a divalent group of a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic ring, or a divalent group of substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatics;
• Ar2 and Ar3 may be the same or different, and represent a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, or a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group, where Ar2 and Ar3 may directly bind to each other via a single bond or via substituted or unsubstituted methylene, an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom to form a ring, and substituents of Ar2 and Ar3 may bind to each other via a single bond, substituted or unsubstituted methylene, an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom to form a ring;
• R3 represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group;
• R1, R2 and R4 are hydrogen;
• R5 R6, R7 and R14 to R18 may be the same or different, and represent a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, cyano, trifluoromethyl, nitro, linear or branched alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms that may have a substituent, cycloalkyl of 5 to 10 carbon atoms that may have a substituent, linear or branched alkenyl of 2 to 6carbon atoms that may have a substituent, linear or branched alkyloxy of 1 to 6 carbon atoms that may have a substituent, cycloalkyloxy of 5 to 10 carbon atoms that may have a substituent, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group, or substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy, where R1 and R2, R2 and R3, R3 and R4, R6 and R7, R14 and R15, and R15 and R16, R16 and R17, and R17 and R18 may bind to each other via a single bond, substituted or unsubstituted methylene, an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom to form a ring;
• and R8 and R9 represent methyl.