ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT

To provide a material for an organic EL device that is excellent in hole injection and transport abilities, electron blocking ability, thin film stability, and durability, as a material for an organic EL device with high efficiency and high durability, and also to provide an organic EL device having a high efficiency, a low driving voltage, and a long lifetime by combining the material with various materials for an organic EL device that is excellent in hole and electron injection and transport abilities, electron blocking ability, thin film stability, and durability, in such a manner that the characteristics of the materials can be effectively exhibited.An organic electroluminescent device comprising at least an anode, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer and a cathode in this order, wherein the hole transport layer comprises a carbazole compound of the following general formula (1), and the light emitting layer comprises a blue light emitting dopant.