#include <bits/stdc++.h>
 
#define _overload(_1,_2,_3,name,...) name
#define _rep(i,n) _range(i,0,n)
#define _range(i,a,b) for(int i=(int)(a);i<(int)(b);++i)
#define rep(...) _overload(__VA_ARGS__,_range,_rep,)(__VA_ARGS__)
 
#define _rrep(i,n) _rrange(i,0,n)
#define _rrange(i,a,b) for(int i=(int)(b)-1;i>=(int)(a);--i)
#define rrep(...) _overload(__VA_ARGS__,_rrange,_rrep,)(__VA_ARGS__)
 
#define _all(arg) begin(arg),end(arg)
#define uniq(arg) sort(_all(arg)),(arg).erase(unique(_all(arg)),end(arg))
#define bit(n) (1LL<<(n))
 
#define dbg(x) cerr << #x << " = " << (x) << " (L" << __LINE__ << ") " << __FILE__ << endl;

using namespace std;

// overload: >>, <<
template<typename T> istream &operator>>(istream &is, vector<T> &vec){ for (auto &v : vec) is >> v; return is; }
template<typename T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const vector<T> &vec){ os << "["; for (auto v : vec) os << v << ","; os << "]"; return os; }
template<typename T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const deque<T> &vec){ os << "deq["; for (auto v : vec) os << v << ","; os << "]"; return os; }
template<typename T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const set<T> &vec){ os << "{"; for (auto v : vec) os << v << ","; os << "}"; return os; }
template<typename T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const unordered_set<T> &vec){ os << "{"; for (auto v : vec) os << v << ","; os << "}"; return os; }
template<typename T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const multiset<T> &vec){ os << "{"; for (auto v : vec) os << v << ","; os << "}"; return os; }
template<typename T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const unordered_multiset<T> &vec){ os << "{"; for (auto v : vec) os << v << ","; os << "}"; return os; }
template<typename T1, typename T2> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const pair<T1, T2> &pa){ os << "(" << pa.first << "," << pa.second << ")"; return os; }
template<typename TK, typename TV> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const map<TK, TV> &mp){ os << "{"; for (auto v : mp) os << v.first << "=>" << v.second << ","; os << "}"; return os; }
template<typename TK, typename TV> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const unordered_map<TK, TV> &mp){ os << "{"; for (auto v : mp) os << v.first << "=>" << v.second << ","; os << "}"; return os; }

// overload: +, -, *, /
template<typename T1, typename T2> pair<T1, T2> operator+(const pair<T1, T2> &l, const pair<T1, T2> &r) { return make_pair(l.first + r.first, l.second + r.second); }
template<typename T1, typename T2> pair<T1, T2> operator-(const pair<T1, T2> &l, const pair<T1, T2> &r) { return make_pair(l.first - r.first, l.second - r.second); }

// template functions
template<typename T> void ndarray(vector<T> &vec, int len) { vec.resize(len); }
template<typename T, typename... Args> void ndarray(vector<T> &vec, int len, Args... args) { vec.resize(len); for (auto &v : vec) ndarray(v, args...); }
template<class T>bool chmax(T &a, const T &b) { return (a<b)?(a=b,1):0;}
template<class T>bool chmin(T &a, const T &b) { return (b<a)?(a=b,1):0;}
 
using ll=long long;
using vi=vector<int>;
using vll=vector<ll>;
 
const double EPS = 1e-10;
const double PI = acos(-1.0);
const int inf = INT_MAX;
const ll INF = LLONG_MAX;
const ll MOD = 1000000007LL;
const int dx[4]={1,0,-1,0};
const int dy[4]={0,1,0,-1};
 
ll extgcd(ll a,ll b,ll& x,ll& y){x=1,y=0;ll g=a;if(b!=0) g=extgcd(b,a%b,y,x),y-=a/b*x;return g;}
ll ADD(const ll &a, const ll &b, const ll mod=MOD) { return (a+b)%mod;}
ll SUB(const ll &a, const ll &b, const ll mod=MOD) { return (a-b+mod)%mod;}
ll MUL(const ll &a, const ll &b, const ll mod=MOD) { return (1LL*a*b)%mod;}
ll DIV(const ll &a, const ll &b, const ll mod=MOD) {ll x,y; extgcd(b,mod,x,y);return MUL(a,(x+mod)%mod,mod);}
 
int main(void){
    cin.tie(0);
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);

    int n; cin >> n;
    vll a(n); cin >> a;

    auto f_sum = [&](){
        vector<vll> sum(2, vll(n + 1));
        rep(i, n){
            sum[0][i + 1] = sum[0][i];
            sum[1][i + 1] = sum[1][i];
            sum[i % 2][i + 1] += a[i];
        }
        return sum;
    };
    auto f_dp = [&](){
        vll dp(n + 1);
        auto sum = f_sum();
        rep(i, 2, n+1){
            if(i % 2) continue;
            dp[i] = max(sum[0][i], dp[i - 2] + a[i - 1]);
        }
        return dp;
    };

    vll dpl = f_dp();
    if(n % 2 == 0){
        cout << max(dpl[n], dpl[n]) << endl;
        return 0;
    }

    reverse(_all(a));
    auto dpr = f_dp();

    ll res = -INF;
    rep(i, n){
        if(i % 2) continue;
        ll cur = dpl[i] + dpr[n - i - 1];
        chmax(res, cur);
    }

    cout << res << endl;

    return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 12560