Patent ID: 7083867

Claim:
An organic electroluminescent element comprising: a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a thin organic layer arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the thin organic layer comprises, as a luminescent material, a peropyrene compound represented by following Structural Formula (1): wherein R 1 , R 6 , R 8 and R 13 may be the same as or different from one another and each represent a group represented by following Structural Formula (2); and R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 7 , R 9 , R 10 , R 11 , R 12 and R 14 each represent hydrogen atom or a substituent: wherein R 15 and R 16 may be the same as or different from each other and each represent one of hydrogen atom, an alkyl group and an aryl group, where R 15 and R 16 may be bound to each other directly or indirectly.