Patent ID: 8084146

Claim:
A light emitting device material comprising an anthracene compound represented by general formula (1): wherein R 1 to R 8 and R 10 each may be the same or different and are selected from among a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, heterocyclic group, alkenyl group, cycloalkenyl group, alkynyl group, alkoxy group, alkylthio group, arylether group, arylthioether group, aryl group, heteroaryl group, halogen atom, cyano group, carbonyl group, carboxyl group, oxycarbonyl group, carbamoyl group, amino group, silyl group and phosphine oxide group, and at least R 9 is a substituent represented by the following general formula (2): wherein R 11 to R 18 each may be the same or different and are selected from among a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, alkoxy group, phenyl group, naphtyl group and heteroaryl group, X represents an oxygen atom or sulfur atom, and Y is selected from among arylene group and heteroarylene group, and any one of the R 11 to R 18 is used for linking with Y, and optionally α is used for linking with the anthracene compound of formula (1).