Patent ID: 7977869

Claim:
An organic luminescent device which comprises an anode and a cathode at least one of which is transparent or semitransparent, and a layer containing an organic compound, held between a pair of electrodes consisting of the anode and the cathode, wherein; the layer containing an organic compound contains a benzo[k]fluoranthene compound represented by the following general formula (1): wherein R 1 is a group selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group and a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic ring group, and R 1 's may be the same or different; R 10 is a hydrogen atom; R 11 to R 20 are each independently a group selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted condensed bicyclic aromatic group and a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group; and a is an integer of 0 or more and 9 or less.