import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

public class Main {
	static InputStream is;
	static PrintWriter out;
	static String INPUT = "";

	static final long mod = (long) 1e9 + 7;
	static final int dx[] = { -1, 0, 1, 0 }, dy[] = { 0, -1, 0, 1 };
	static final int[] dx8 = { -1, -1, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1 }, dy8 = { -1, 0, 1, -1, 1, -1, 0, 1 };
	static final int inf = Integer.MAX_VALUE / 3;
	static final long linf = Long.MAX_VALUE / 3;
	static final double dinf = Double.MAX_VALUE / 3;

	static void solve() {
		int n = ni();
		long a[] = new long[n];
		for(int i=0;i<n;i++)a[i] = nl();

		long sum0[] = new long[n+1];//偶数番目の和
		long sum1[] = new long[n+1];//奇数番目の和
		for(int i=0;i<n;i++) {
			sum0[i+1] = sum0[i];
			sum1[i+1] = sum1[i];
			if(i%2==0)sum0[i+1] += a[i];
			else sum1[i+1] += a[i];
		}
		
		if(n%2==0) {
			long max = -linf;
			long t = 0;
			for(int i=0;i<n;i+=2) {
				t += a[i];
			}
			max = t;
			t = 0;
			for(int i=1;i<n;i+=2) {
				t += a[i];
			}
			max = max(max, t);
			
			
			for(int i=3;i<n;i+=2) {//切り替える場所
				max = max(max, sum0[i-2] + sum1[n] - sum1[i]);
			}
			
			
			out.println(max);
			return;
		}
		else {//奇数の場合　どこかで合計２回まで右にずらせる
			long max = -linf;

			//先頭から開始して、２つ抜かして、間の奇数をとる場合
			for(int i=1;i<n;i+=2) {
				long s = a[i-1] + a[i+1];
				max = max(max, sum0[n] - s + a[i]);
			}
			
			//入れ替えない場合

			for(int i=0;i<n;i+=2) {
				max = max(max, sum0[n] - a[i]);
			}
			
			max = max(max,sum1[n]);
			
			
			//先頭から開始して、途中で１つずらし、さらに途中で１つずらす。
			long dp[][] = new long[n+1][3];//dp[i][j] 先頭からi番目まで見た時、猶予回数の時の回数
			dp[0][2] = a[0];
			dp[1][1] = a[1];
			for(int i=0;i<n;i++) {
				for(int j=0;j<=2;j++) {
					if(i-2>=0) {
						dp[i][j] = dp[i-2][j]+a[i];						
					}
					if(i-3>=0&&j+1<=2) {						
						dp[i][j] = max(dp[i][j], dp[i-3][j+1]+a[i]);
					}
				}
			}
			max = max(max,dp[n-1][0]);
			
			out.println(max);
			return;
		}
		
	}

	//libraries
	static int[] concat(int x, int arr[]) {
		int ret[] = new int[arr.length + 1];
		System.arraycopy(arr, 0, ret, 1, ret.length - 1);
		ret[0] = x;
		return ret;
	}

	static int[] concat(int arr[], int x) {
		int ret[] = new int[arr.length + 1];
		System.arraycopy(arr, 0, ret, 0, ret.length - 1);
		ret[ret.length - 1] = x;
		return ret;
	}

	static long[] concat(long x, long arr[]) {
		long ret[] = new long[arr.length + 1];
		System.arraycopy(arr, 0, ret, 1, ret.length - 1);
		ret[0] = x;
		return ret;
	}

	static long[] concat(long arr[], long x) {
		long ret[] = new long[arr.length + 1];
		System.arraycopy(arr, 0, ret, 0, ret.length - 1);
		ret[ret.length - 1] = x;
		return ret;
	}

	static long max(long x, long y) {
		return Math.max(x, y);
	}

	static long min(long x, long y) {
		return Math.min(x, y);
	}

	static long max(long x, long y, long z) {
		x = Math.max(x, y);
		x = Math.max(x, z);
		return x;
	}

	static long min(long x, long y, long z) {
		x = Math.min(x, y);
		x = Math.min(x, z);
		return x;
	}

	static double max(double x, double y) {
		return Math.max(x, y);
	}

	static double min(double x, double y) {
		return Math.min(x, y);
	}

	static double max(double x, double y, double z) {
		x = Math.max(x, y);
		x = Math.max(x, z);
		return x;
	}

	static double min(double x, double y, double z) {
		x = Math.min(x, y);
		x = Math.min(x, z);
		return x;
	}

	static void rsort(int[] ar) {
		Arrays.sort(ar);
		int len = ar.length;
		for (int i = 0; i < len / 2; i++) {
			int tmp = ar[i];
			ar[i] = ar[len - 1 - i];
			ar[len - 1 - i] = tmp;
		}
	}

	static void rsort(long[] ar) {
		Arrays.sort(ar);
		int len = ar.length;
		for (int i = 0; i < len / 2; i++) {
			long tmp = ar[i];
			ar[i] = ar[len - 1 - i];
			ar[len - 1 - i] = tmp;
		}
	}

	static void rsort(double[] ar) {
		Arrays.sort(ar);
		int len = ar.length;
		for (int i = 0; i < len / 2; i++) {
			double tmp = ar[i];
			ar[i] = ar[len - 1 - i];
			ar[len - 1 - i] = tmp;
		}
	}

	static void fill(int arr[], int x) {
		Arrays.fill(arr, x);
	}

	static void fill(long arr[], long x) {
		Arrays.fill(arr, x);
	}

	static void fill(double arr[], double x) {
		Arrays.fill(arr, x);
	}

	static void fill(int arr[][], int x) {
		for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++)
			Arrays.fill(arr[i], x);
	}

	static void fill(long arr[][], long x) {
		for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++)
			Arrays.fill(arr[i], x);
	}

	static void fill(double arr[][], double x) {
		for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++)
			Arrays.fill(arr[i], x);
	}

	//MOD culc
	static long plus(long x, long y) {
		long res = (x + y) % mod;
		return res < 0 ? res + mod : res;
	}

	static long sub(long x, long y) {
		long res = (x - y) % mod;
		return res < 0 ? res + mod : res;
	}

	static long mul(long x, long y) {
		long res = (x * y) % mod;
		return res < 0 ? res + mod : res;
	}

	static long div(long x, long y) {
		long res = x * pow(y, mod - 2) % mod;
		return res < 0 ? res + mod : res;
	}

	static long pow(long x, long y) {
		if (y < 0)
			return 0;
		if (y == 0)
			return 1;
		if (y % 2 == 1)
			return (x * pow(x, y - 1)) % mod;
		long root = pow(x, y / 2);
		return root * root % mod;
	}

	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
		is = INPUT.isEmpty() ? System.in : new ByteArrayInputStream(INPUT.getBytes());
		out = new PrintWriter(System.out);
		solve();
		out.flush();
	}

	//input
	private static byte[] inbuf = new byte[1024];
	static int lenbuf = 0, ptrbuf = 0;

	private static int readByte() {
		if (lenbuf == -1)
			throw new InputMismatchException();
		if (ptrbuf >= lenbuf) {
			ptrbuf = 0;
			try {
				lenbuf = is.read(inbuf);
			} catch (IOException e) {
				throw new InputMismatchException();
			}
			if (lenbuf <= 0)
				return -1;
		}
		return inbuf[ptrbuf++];
	}

	private static boolean isSpaceChar(int c) {
		return !(c >= 33 && c <= 126);
	}

	private static int skip() {
		int b;
		while ((b = readByte()) != -1 && isSpaceChar(b))
			;
		return b;
	}

	private static double nd() {
		return Double.parseDouble(ns());
	}

	private static char nc() {
		return (char) skip();
	}

	private static String ns() {
		int b = skip();
		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
		while (!(isSpaceChar(b))) {
			sb.appendCodePoint(b);
			b = readByte();
		}
		return sb.toString();
	}

	private static char[] ns(int n) {
		char[] buf = new char[n];
		int b = skip(), p = 0;
		while (p < n && !(isSpaceChar(b))) {
			buf[p++] = (char) b;
			b = readByte();
		}
		return n == p ? buf : Arrays.copyOf(buf, p);
	}

	private static char[][] nm(int n, int m) {
		char[][] map = new char[n][];
		for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
			map[i] = ns(m);
		return map;
	}

	private static int[] na(int n) {
		int[] a = new int[n];
		for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
			a[i] = ni();
		return a;
	}

	private static int ni() {
		int num = 0, b;
		boolean minus = false;
		while ((b = readByte()) != -1 && !((b >= '0' && b <= '9') || b == '-'))
			;
		if (b == '-') {
			minus = true;
			b = readByte();
		}

		while (true) {
			if (b >= '0' && b <= '9') {
				num = num * 10 + (b - '0');
			} else {
				return minus ? -num : num;
			}
			b = readByte();
		}
	}

	private static long nl() {
		long num = 0;
		int b;
		boolean minus = false;
		while ((b = readByte()) != -1 && !((b >= '0' && b <= '9') || b == '-'))
			;
		if (b == '-') {
			minus = true;
			b = readByte();
		}

		while (true) {
			if (b >= '0' && b <= '9') {
				num = num * 10 + (b - '0');
			} else {
				return minus ? -num : num;
			}
			b = readByte();
		}
	}

}


Measured memory_bytes: 41696