#include <stdio.h>
//#include <mem.h>

#define in "oo.in"
#define out "oo.out"
#define dim 10001

inline int Maxim(int a, int b) {
			 if ( a > b ) return a;
			 return b;
}

int N, maxim=0;
int C[dim], A1[dim];

int main()
{   int i;
		freopen(in,"r",stdin);
		freopen(out,"w",stdout);

		scanf("%d", &N);
		for (i = 1; i <= N; i++ )
				scanf("%d", &C[i]);

		A1[2] = A1[3] = A1[4] = C[1] + C[2];
		for (i = 5; i < N; i++ )
				A1[i] = Maxim( A1[i-1], C[i]+C[i-1]+A1[i-3] );

		maxim = Maxim( maxim, A1[N-1] );
		//memset(A1,0,sizeof(A1));
		for(i=1;i<=N;i++) A1[i]=0;

		A1[3] = A1[4] = A1[5] = C[2] + C[3];
		for (i = 6; i <= N; i++ )
				A1[i] = Maxim ( A1[i-1], C[i]+C[i-1]+A1[i-3] );

		maxim = Maxim( maxim, A1[N] );
		//setmem(A1,0,sizeof(A1));
		for(i=1;i<=N;i++) A1[i]=0;

		A1[1] = A1[2] = A1[3] = C[1] + C[N];
		for (i = 4; i < N-1; i++ )
				A1[i] = Maxim( A1[i-1], C[i]+C[i-1]+A1[i-3] );

		maxim = Maxim( maxim, A1[N-2] );

		printf("%d\n", maxim);
		return 0;
}