#[derive(Default)]
//NOTE
//declare variables to reduce the number of parameters for dp and dfs etc.
struct Solver {
    n: usize,
    a: Vec<i64>,
    memo: Vec<Vec<Option<i64>>>,
}
const MAX_N: usize = 200010;
impl Solver {
    fn dp(&mut self, pos: usize, skip_cnt: usize) -> i64 {
        if skip_cnt >= 3 {
            return -(1i64 << 50);
        }
        if pos >= self.n {
            if self.n % 2 != 0 {
                if skip_cnt >= 1 {
                    return 0;
                }
                return -(1i64 << 50);
            }
            return 0;
        }
        if let Some(cached) = self.memo[pos][skip_cnt] {
            return cached;
        }
        let mut result = -(1i64 << 50);
        if self.n % 2 == 0 {
            //not skip
            result = std::cmp::max(result, self.dp(pos + 2, skip_cnt) + self.a[pos]);
            //skip
            if skip_cnt == 0 {
                result = std::cmp::max(result, self.dp(pos + 1, 1));
            }
        } else {
            //not skip
            result = std::cmp::max(result, self.dp(pos + 2, skip_cnt) + self.a[pos]);

            //skip if it is ok
            result = std::cmp::max(result, self.dp(pos + 1, skip_cnt + 1));
        }

        self.memo[pos][skip_cnt] = Some(result);
        result
    }
    fn solve(&mut self) {
        let stdin = std::io::stdin();
        let mut scn = Scanner {
            stdin: stdin.lock(),
        };
        let n: usize = scn.read();
        let a: Vec<i64> = scn.vec(n);

        let mut tmp1 = 0;
        let mut tmp2 = 0;
        /*for (idx, x) in a.iter().enumerate() {
            if idx % 2 == 0 {
                tmp1 += x;
            } else {
                tmp2 += x;
            }
        }
        eprintln!("{} {}", tmp1, tmp2);*/
        let memo = vec![vec![None; 3]; MAX_N];
        self.n = n;

        self.a = a;
        self.memo = memo;
        let result1 = self.dp(0, 0);

        let memo = vec![vec![None; 3]; MAX_N];
        self.memo = memo;
        self.a.reverse();
        let result2 = self.dp(0, 0);
        let result = std::cmp::max(result1, result2);
        println!("{}", result);
        //println!("{} {}", result1, result2);
    }
}

fn main() {
    std::thread::Builder::new()
        .stack_size(64 * 1024 * 1024) // 64MB
        .spawn(|| {
            let mut solver = Solver::default();
            solver.solve()
        })
        .unwrap()
        .join()
        .unwrap();
}
pub mod utils {
    const DYX: [(isize, isize); 8] = [
        (0, 1),   //right
        (1, 0),   //down
        (0, -1),  //left
        (-1, 0),  //top
        (1, 1),   //down right
        (-1, 1),  //top right
        (1, -1),  //down left
        (-1, -1), //top left
    ];

    pub fn try_adj(y: usize, x: usize, dir: usize, h: usize, w: usize) -> Option<(usize, usize)> {
        let ny = y as isize + DYX[dir].0;
        let nx = x as isize + DYX[dir].1;
        if ny >= 0 && nx >= 0 {
            let ny = ny as usize;
            let nx = nx as usize;
            if ny < h && nx < w {
                Some((ny, nx))
            } else {
                None
            }
        } else {
            None
        }
    }
}

//snippet from kenkoooo
pub struct Scanner<R> {
    stdin: R,
}

impl<R: std::io::Read> Scanner<R> {
    pub fn read<T: std::str::FromStr>(&mut self) -> T {
        use std::io::Read;
        let buf = self
            .stdin
            .by_ref()
            .bytes()
            .map(|b| b.unwrap())
            .skip_while(|&b| b == b' ' || b == b'\n' || b == b'\r')
            .take_while(|&b| b != b' ' && b != b'\n' && b != b'\r')
            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
        unsafe { std::str::from_utf8_unchecked(&buf) }
            .parse()
            .ok()
            .expect("Parse error.")
    }
    pub fn read_line(&mut self) -> String {
        use std::io::Read;
        let buf = self
            .stdin
            .by_ref()
            .bytes()
            .map(|b| b.unwrap())
            .skip_while(|&b| b == b'\n' || b == b'\r')
            .take_while(|&b| b != b'\n' && b != b'\r')
            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
        unsafe { std::str::from_utf8_unchecked(&buf) }
            .parse()
            .ok()
            .expect("Parse error.")
    }
    pub fn vec<T: std::str::FromStr>(&mut self, n: usize) -> Vec<T> {
        (0..n).map(|_| self.read()).collect()
    }

    pub fn chars(&mut self) -> Vec<char> {
        self.read::<String>().chars().collect()
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 43088