Specific polycyclic compounds of the general formula (I) and a process for its preparation, an electronic device comprising at least one of these compounds, an emitting layer, preferably present in an electronic device, comprising at least one compound of general formula (I) and the use of compounds according to general formula (I) in an electronic device as a host material, a charge transporting material, charge and/or exciton blocking material, preferably as a host material or an electron transporting material.