The invention discloses a compound taking anthranone as a core and an application of the compound in organic electroluminescent devices. The compound has the characteristics that molecules are not prone to crystallization and not prone to aggregation and the film forming property is good, and the thermal stability of the material can be improved due to rigid radicals in the molecules. The compound disclosed by the invention is applied to the organic electroluminescent devices as a luminescent layer material, and manufactured organic electroluminescent devices have good photoelectric properties and can meet the requirements of panel manufacturing enterprises.