An organic electroluminescent device is provided and includes: a pair of electrodes; and a light emitting layer between the electrodes. The organic electroluminescent device has a layer containing a compound represented by formula (I).
L represents a divalent linking group, Q1 and Q2 each independently represents an aromatic or aliphatic heterocycle coordinated to Pt through a nitrogen atom, X1 represents a 6-membered ring containing one or more nitrogen atoms, Q1, Q2, and X1 each independently may have a substituent, X2 represents a sulfur atom, a phosphorus atom, an oxygen atom, or a nitrogen atom, and X3 represents a carbon atom, a sulfur atom, or a phosphorus atom.