#include<fstream>

using namespace std;

int n, a[100001], c[100001], maxim;

void ReadData()
{
	int i;
	ifstream fin("oo.in");
	fin>>n;
	for(i=0; i<n; i++)
		fin>>a[i];
	fin.close();
}

int Maxim2(int x, int y)
{
	if(x>y)
		return x;
	return y;
}

void Solve()
{
	int i, k;
	c[0] = 0;
	c[1] = a[0]+a[1];
	c[2] = c[1];
	c[3] = c[1];
	for(i=4; i<n-1; i++)
	{	
		k = a[i]+a[i-1]+c[i-3];
		c[i] = Maxim2(k, c[i-1]);
	}	
	maxim = c[n-2];
	
	c[0] = 0;
	c[1] = 0;
	c[2] = a[2]+a[1];
	c[3] = c[2];
	c[4] = c[3];
	for(i=5; i<n; i++)
	{	
		k = a[i]+a[i-1]+c[i-3];
		c[i] = Maxim2(k, c[n-1]);
	}	
	maxim = Maxim2(maxim, c[n-2]);
	
	c[n-1] = 0;
	c[0] = a[0]+a[n-1];
	c[1] = c[0];
	c[2] = c[1];
	for(i=3; i<n-3; i++)
	{	
		k = a[i]+a[i-1]+c[i-3];
		c[i] = Maxim2(k, c[i-1]);
	}	
	maxim = Maxim2(maxim, c[n-2]);
}

int main()
{	
	ReadData();
	if(n==2) maxim = a[0]+a[1];
	else 
		if(n==3) 
		{
			maxim = Maxim2(a[0]+a[1],a[1]+a[2]);
			maxim = Maxim2(maxim, a[0]+a[2]);
		}
		else Solve();
	ofstream fout("oo.out");
	fout<<maxim<<"\n";		
	return 0;
}