NOVELTY - Organic electronic device comprises at least one metal complex (I).    USE - The device is useful as an organic electroluminescent devices (including LED, organic LEDs, polymer LEDs), organic integrated circuits, organic field-effect transistors, organic thin-film transistors, organic light-emitting transistors, organic solar cells, organic optical detectors, organic photoreceptors organic field-quench devices, light-emitting electrochemical cells, or organic laser diodes. (Ia) or (3a)-(7a) are useful: as an emitting compound in an emitting layer, preferably in combination with one or more matrix materials; or as matrix material for an emitting compound in an emitting layer; or as a hole blocking material in a hole blocking layer and/or as electron transport material in an electron transport layer (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - (I) can be easily obtained in high purity, preferably in a purity of greater than 99%. Unlike many existing metal complexes, which undergo partial or complete pyrolytic decomposition at constant sublimation point, (I) exhibits a high thermal stability. The organic electroluminescent devices comprising (I) as emitting materials have excellent durability. (I) is blue phosphorescent complexes, which exhibit a deep blue emission color, and provides organic electroluminescent devices having long life. (I) provides organic electroluminescent devices that exhibit high efficiencies and steep current-voltage curves and that is not accompanied by deterioration of other electronic properties.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Organic electronic device comprises at least one metal complex of formula (I).    M = metal;    L = cyclic substituted or unsubstituted group containing at least one donor atom or a carbon atom in the ring or exocyclic donor atom is bound over which the cyclic group to the metal M and the L groups are over the groups Y1 closely integrated;    Y1 = optionally substituted atom of third, fourth, fifth or sixth group, which connects two L groups;    L1 = mono-, bi-, tri-, tetra-, penta- or hexadentate ligand that binds to the metal M;    n = 0-6, when n is 0, the group Y1 is not present and there is a single bond between two L groups; and    p = 0-9.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) metal complexes of formula (4a)-(7a);    (2) cyclic ligands of formula (67a)-(69a);    (3) the preparation of (I); and    (4) oligomers, polymers or dendrimers containing one or more complexes (I) or (3a)-(7a), where one or more bonds of the complexes to the polymer, oligomer or dendrimer are present.    M = transition metal, lanthanide or a main group metal of the third or fourth group;    D = C, N, P, CO, CS, C-NR2 or C-PR2, where the last four groups mentioned by O, S, N and P are the exocyclic donor atoms that bind to the metal;    E = C or N;    Ar1 = a group which together with the group E-D-E forms aryl or heteroaryl group with 5 to 40 aromatic ring atoms and optionally substituted by one or more R group, or Ar1 together with D, which is a carbene carbon atom, forms cyclic saturated EDE group with 5-10 ring atoms;    Y1 = BR1, B(R1)2-, C(R1)-, C(R1)2, Si(R1)-, Si(R1)2, C(=O), C(=NR), N-, NR1, N(R1)2+, PR1, P(R1)2+, AsR1, As(R1)2+, P(=O)R1, As(=O)R1, P(=S)R1, As(=S)R1, O, S, S(R1)+, Se, Te, S(=O), S(=O)2, Se(=O), Se(=O)2, Te(=O) or Te(=O)2; either    R = H, deuterium, F, Cl, Br, I, N(R2)2, CN, NO2, Si(R2)3, B(OR2)2, C(=O)R2, P(=O)(R2)2, S(=O)R2, S(=O)2R2, OSO2R2, linear 1-40C alkyl, 1-40C alkoxy or 1-40C thioalkoxy or branched or cyclic 3-40C alkyl, 3-40C alkoxy or 3-40C thioalkoxy group (all optionally substituted by R2 and one or more non-adjacent CH2 groups can be replaced by R2C=CR2, C?=C, Si(R2)2, Ge(R2)2, Sn(R2)2, C=O, C=S, C=Se, C=NR2, P(=O)(R2), SO, SO2, NR2, O, S or CONR2, and one or more H atoms can be replaced by F, Cl, Br, I, NO2 or ON), or aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system having 5-60 aromatic ring atoms (optionally substituted by one or more radicals of R2), or aryloxy or heteroaryloxy group with 5-60 aromatic ring atoms (optionally substituted by one or more radicals of R2), or diarylamino group, diheteroarylamino group or arylheteroarylamino group with 10-40 aromatic ring atoms (optionally substituted by one or more radicals of R2), or their combination; or    two or more R = form a mono- or polycyclic, aliphatic, aromatic and/or benzoannellated ring system;    R1 = R or L2; either    R2 = H, F or aliphatic, aromatic and/or heteroaryl aromatic hydrocarbon radical having 1-20C, where one or more H atoms are optionally replaced by F; or    two or more substituents R2 = form a mono- or polycyclic, aliphatic or aromatic ring system;    L2 = 1-40C donor group, which can form a further bond or coordinate to the metal M and which may be monosubstituted by one or more radicals R substituted n times;    n = 0-6, when n is 0, the group Y1 is present and there is a single bond between the two groups L, with the proviso that not all values of n is 0 at the same time;    Z = B, C, CR1, SiR1, N, P, As, P(=O), As(=O), P(S) or As(=S); and    m = 2-4.    In formula (67a)-(69a)    D, L2 = complex anionic groups that bind to metal M, or H.