Patent ID: 7566505

Claim:
An organic electroluminescent element having at least one organic layer including a luminescent layer between a pair of electrodes, wherein at least one organic layer comprises at least one compound represented by formula (A-1): wherein M A1 represents a divalent metal ion, Y A11 , Y A14 , Y A15 and Y A18 independently represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, Y A12 , Y A13 , Y A16 and Y A17 independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted carbon atom, a substituted or unsubstituted nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, L A11 , L A12 , L A13 and L A14 independently represent a linking group, and Q A11 and Q A12 independently represent a partial structure containing an atom bonded to M A1 .