Disclosed is a novel compound suitable as an electron-transporting material for organic electronic devices. Also disclosed is an organic electronic device using such a compound which has higher sensitivity and longer life than conventional organic electronic devices. Specifically disclosed is a compound having a structure wherein constitutional units represented by the general formula (1) below are bonded to one another without the intermediary of a linking group. (1) [In the formula, X1-X4 independently represent an oxygen atom, sulfur atom or NR0 (wherein R0 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent organic group); Z0 represents a tetravalent organic group; and * represents a bonding position.