It is shown that every simple complex Lie algebra π€ admits a 1-parameter family π€q of deformations outside the category of Lie algebras. These deformations are derived from a tensor product decomposition for Uq(π€)-modules; here Uq(π€) is the quantized enveloping algebra of π€. From this it follows that the multiplication on π€q is Uq(π€)-invariant. In the special case π€ = (2), the structure constants for the deformation π€ (2)q are obtained from the quantum Clebsch-Gordan formula applied to V(2)q β V(2)q; here V(2)q is the simple 3-dimensional Uq(π€(2))-module of highest weight q2.