TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preparation (disclosed): No general preparation is given. Preferred Composition: The organic electroluminescent element material is a luminescent material. The light emitting layer contains organic electroluminescent element material including anthracene derivative as host material, and fluorescent dopant and/or phosphorescent dopant. Preferred Compound: The fluorescent dopant is styryl amine compound or arylamine compound of formula (2-4).Re,Rf,Rg=1-20C alkyl, 2-50C alkenyl, 2-50C alkynyl, 7-20C aralkyl, 3-20C cycloalkyl, 1-20C alkoxy, 6-20C aryloxy, 6-50C aryl, 1-30C alkyl silyl, 6-50C aryl silyl, 1-50C alkyl germanium group, or 6-50 aryl germanium group (all optionally substituted);t=0-10;Ar3-Ar6=6-20C aryl or 5-20C heteroaryl group (both optionally substituted);u=0-8;Ar7-Ar10=6-20 aryl group or 5-20C heterocyclic group;q=0-6;R30,R31=6-50C aryl or 5-20C heterocyclic group;andAr11-Ar14=6-20C aryl or 5-20C heterocyclic group. Preferred Definitions:    Ar1=fluorenyl group having substituent in 9th-position of unsubstituted phenyl, unsubstituted 5-20C heterocyclic group or 10-20C unsubstituted condensed aromatic group chosen from naphthyl, phenanthryl, pyrenyl, and fluoranthenyl;and    R1-R7=H.    SPECIFIC COMPOUNDS - 97 anthracene derivatives are disclosed e.g. 9-biphenyl-2-yl-10-(4-naphthalen-1-yl-phenyl)-2-phenyl-anthracene of formula (1a), 9-biphenyl-3-yl-10-(4-naphthalen-1-yl-phenyl)-2-phenyl-anthracene, 9-biphenyl-4-yl-10-(4-naphthalen-1-yl-phenyl)-2-phenyl-anthracene, 9-(3-naphthalen-1-yl-phenyl)-10-(4-naphthalen-1-yl-phenyl)-2-phenyl-anthracene and 10-(3-naphthalen-1-yl-phenyl)-9-(3-phenanthren-9-yl-phenyl)-2-phenyl-anthracene.    EXAMPLE - 9,10-dibromo-2-phenyl anthracene (in g) (2.06), 4-(2-naphthyl) phenylboronic acid (2.98), tetrakis(triphenylphosphine) palladium(0) (0.231), toluene (40 mL) and 2M sodium carbonate aqueous solution (20 mL) were mixed, refluxed by stirring for 8 hours, cooled to room temperature after stirring, precipitated the crystal by filter-separation, washed using water and methanol, and recrystallized using toluene, to obtain 9-biphenyl-2-yl-10-(4-naphthalen-1-yl-phenyl)-2-phenyl-anthracene (1a) having molecular weight of 658.27. The obtained 9-biphenyl-2-yl-10-(4-naphthalen-1-yl-phenyl)-2-phenyl-anthracene (1a) was deposited on a film, to form light emitting layer. Thus, organic electroluminescent element was manufactured. The obtained organic electroluminescent element had excellent luminous efficiency.