The answer is all real numbers in the interval ]1,⌊n/2⌋[. For simplicity, let
E=xn+x1+x2x1+x1+x2+x3x2+x2+x3+x4x3+⋯+xn−1+xn+x1xn.
Let's prove first the lower bound. Let S=x1+x2+⋯+xn. First notice that
E>Sx1+Sx2+Sx3+⋯+Sxn=Sx1+x2+⋯+xn=1.
By making, say, xi=ϵi−1, we obtain xi−1+xi+xi+1xi=1+ϵ+ϵ2ϵ for 1<i<n, xn+x1+x2x1=ϵn−1+1+ϵ1 and xn−1+xn+x1xn=ϵn−2+ϵn−1+1ϵn−1. Thus, by making ϵ very small we obtain E arbitrarily close to 1.
Now, for the upper bound, notice that, for n even,
E<x1+x2x1+x1+x2x2+x3+x4x3+x3+x4x4+⋯+xn−1+xnxn=2n=⌊2n⌋
For n odd, suppose without loss of generality that the minimum of the denominators xn+x1+x2,x1+x2+x3,…,xn−1+xn+x1 is x1+x2+x3. Thus
xn+x1+x2x1+x1+x2+x3x2+x2+x3+x4x3≤x1+x2+x3x1+x1+x2+x3x2+x1+x2+x3x3=1
This implies
E<1=1+x4+x5x4+x4+x5x5+x6+x7x6+x6+x7x7+⋯+xn−1+xnxn−1+xn−1+xnxn+2n−3=⌊2n⌋
Now, to attain the upper bound, choose x2k=ϵ and x2k−1=1, k=1,2,…,⌊n/2⌋. For n even, we have the summands x2k−2+x2k−1+x2kx2k−1=1+2ϵ1 and x2k−1+x2k+x2k+1x2k=2+ϵϵ and E gets arbitrarily close to n/2 as ϵ gets small. For n odd, notice that x1=xn=ϵ, so x2k−2+x2k−1+x2kx2k−1=1+2ϵ1 and x2k−1+x2k+x2k+1x2k=2+ϵϵ and E gets arbitrarily close to ⌊n/2⌋ as ϵ gets small.