An organic electroluminescence element, which contains at least one organic layer that includes a luminescent layer between a pair of electrodes, wherein the organic layer contains at least one compound represented by formula (1): ##STR00001## wherein R.sup.11 and R.sup.12 each independently represent an aryl or heteroaryl group; when R.sup.11 or R.sup.12 is a phenyl group, it has no nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group on R.sup.11 or R.sup.12 as a substituent; Ar.sup.11 and Ar.sup.12 each independently represent a group represented by formula (2): ##STR00002## wherein Ar.sup.21 represents an arylene or heteroarylene group; R.sup.21, R.sup.22, R.sup.23, and R.sup.24 each independently represent a substituent or a hydrogen atom; L.sup.2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted o-arylene or vinylene group, --NR-- (R represents a substituent), --O--, or --S--; and m is 0 or 1.