A compound for an organic electroluminescent device represented by the following general formula: wherein, ring a is an aromatic or heterocyclic ring condensed with two adjacent rings and represented by formula or, ring a' is an aromatic or heterocyclic ring condensed with three adjacent rings and represented by formula, X is CH or N, and ring b is a heterocyclic ring condensed with two adjacent rings and represented by formula; Ar 1 is an aromatic heterocyclic group with a valence of m+n, L is independently a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group and at least one has a condensed ring structure; R is independently hydrogen, alkyl group, aralkyl group, alkenyl group, alkynyl group, cyano group, dialkylamino group, diarylamino group, diaralkylamino group, amino group, nitro group, acyl group, alkoxycarbonyl group, carboxyl group, alkoxyl group, alkylsulfonyl group, haloalkyl group, hydroxyl group, amide group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group; m is 1 and n is 1 or 2; provided that L is not a group represented by the following general formula, wherein, ring A is an aromatic or heterocyclic ring condensed with the adjacent rings and represented by formula (1 b), ring B is a heterocyclic ring condensed with the adjacent rings and represented by formula, X is carbon or nitrogen, R 43 is hydrogen, a non-condensed substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a non-condensed substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, or a ring condensed with the X-containing ring, R 44 is a non-condensed substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group or a non-condensed substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, and each of R 41 and R 42 has the meaning of R defined above. ring a is an aromatic or heterocyclic ring condensed with two adjacent rings and represented by formula or, ring a' is an aromatic or heterocyclic ring condensed with three adjacent rings and represented by formula, X is CH or N, and ring b is a heterocyclic ring condensed with two adjacent rings and represented by formula; Ar 1 is an aromatic heterocyclic group with a valence of m+n, L is independently a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group and at least one has a condensed ring structure; R is independently hydrogen, alkyl group, aralkyl group, alkenyl group, alkynyl group, cyano group, dialkylamino group, diarylamino group, diaralkylamino group, amino group, nitro group, acyl group, alkoxycarbonyl group, carboxyl group, alkoxyl group, alkylsulfonyl group, haloalkyl group, hydroxyl group, amide group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group; m is 1 and n is 1 or 2; provided that L is not a group represented by the following general formula, wherein, ring A is an aromatic or heterocyclic ring condensed with the adjacent rings and represented by formula (1 b), ring B is a heterocyclic ring condensed with the adjacent rings and represented by formula, X is carbon or nitrogen, R 43 is hydrogen, a non-condensed substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a non-condensed substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, or a ring condensed with the X-containing ring, R 44 is a non-condensed substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group or a non-condensed substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, and each of R 41 and R 42 has the meaning of R defined above.