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[Object] It is an object of the present invention to provide an organic EL device in which, as a highly efficient and highly durable organic EL material, various materials excelling in electron injection/transport performance, hole blocking performance, hole resistance performance, exciton confinement performance, stability in a film state, and durability, are combined so that properties of each material can be effectively demonstrated, thereby achieving (1) high light emission efficiency and power efficiency, (2) low luminescence starting voltage, (3) low practical driving voltage, and (4) particularly long lifetime.[Solving Means] An organic EL device including at least a anode, a hole transport layer, a light-emitting layer, a hole blocking layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode in this order, characterized in that the hole blocking layer includes a compound having a benzoazole structure represented by the following general formula (1).(In the formula, Ar<sup>1</sup>and Ar<sup>2</sup>may be the same or different from each other and each represent a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted fused polycyclic aromatic group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group. Y<sub>1</sub>represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted fused polycyclic aromatic group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, a straight-chained or branched alkyl group that has 1 to 6 carbon atoms and may have a substituent group, a cycloalkyl group that has 5 to 10 carbon atoms and may have a substituent group, or a straight-chained or branched alkenyl group that has 2 to 6 carbon atoms and may have a substituent group. X represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom. Z<sub>1</sub>and Z<sub>2</sub>may be the same or different from each other and each represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom). |