An organic electroluminescent device having a pair of electrodes and at least one organic layer interposed between the pair of electrodes, in which the at least one organic layer contains at least one compound represented by formula (I): ##STR00001## wherein, Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 each independently represent a nitrogen-containing aromatic six-membered ring coordinated to the platinum through a nitrogen atom; Q.sup.1 represents a group of atoms necessary for forming, together with the --C--C--, a nitrogen-containing aromatic five-membered ring; and L.sup.1 represents a single bond or a divalent linking group.